PS TEXT EDIT Reference Manual

BACKTAB
TEDIT Commands
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What Happens
The cursor moves to the preceding tab stop. If you can’t see the next tab
stop on your screen, TEDIT moves the text to the right so you can see both
the cursor and the tab stops. To move the text to the left, press the
RETURN key (or ENTER) or use the RIGHTSCROLL command.
Tips
BACKTAB uses the tab stop settings in the current profile.
The default tab stop settings are every 8 columns (9, 17, 25, 33, ... up
to 81). Use RECONFIGURE OPTIONS to change these settings.
You can set up to 20 tab stops in ascending order. The highest tab stop
you can set is 238 (for example, 80, 90, 208, 238).
When you move the cursor to the lowest (first) tab stop, BACKTAB no
longer moves the cursor backward.
You can tab back several tabs by giving a repeat count with this
command. See Section 2 for details about the repeat count.
Related Commands
RECONFIGURE OPTIONS lets you view and change tab stop settings.
TAB moves the cursor one tab stop to the right.