Owner`s manual
To delete text: Move
the
cursor
on
top of the
character
you
want
deleted; then press (SHIFT)
(DELI.
For
example, move
to the
"1"
in
"June
15" and
delete
it
by pressing (SHIFT)
and
then
(DELI
at the
same time.
((DEL)
is
actually
a
shifted
(BKSPl
key.)
"Reps Use of Portable Computers
at
Customer
Locations,
11
Computer
Seminar,
June
5,
1984:-*
1.
Enter
orders-*
I.
Transmit
orders to main
computer-*
3. Access timesharing
computer-*
To repeat text: Press
a key and
hold
it
down
for a
while. TEXT
repeats
the key,
over
and
over.
You
may be
repeating characters
faster than TEXT
can
process
them.
You
then discover that
TEXT "remembers" what
you
type.
You see
TEXT "catch
up"
with
you
even after
you
finish.
Entering and Exiting
a Text File
To exit
the
text file
and
return
to
the Main Menu, press
(FBI.
The
Main Menu shows
the
name
of
the file
you
created—
SEMINR.DO.
The
.DO
exten-
sion tells
you
that SEMINR.DO
is
a
text
file—not
a
program.
Also note that
you now
have
fewer bytes free. This
is
because
of
the
memory consumed
by
SEMINR.DO. Move
to
SEMINR.DO's position
on the
Main Menu,
and you see its
precise length
at the
bottom.
Now re-enter SEMINR.DO.
(Move
to
SEMINR.DO
and
press
(ENTER).)
You see the
informa-
tion still
there—just
as you
left
it.
Try turning
the
Tandy 200's
power
off and
then
on
again.
The information that
you
store
in
the
Tandy
200
remains
safe—
even when
the
power's
off—and
will remain safe
as
long
as you
follow
the
precautions listed
in
Chapter
1.
Printing a Text File
In Chapter
1, you
learned
how
to print
a
display
by
pressing
(PRINT).
To
print
an
entire text
file,
such
as
SEMINR.DO,
you
need
to
enter
the
text file
and
press (SHIFT) (PRINT).
Enter SEMINR.DO. Press
(SHIFT)
and
(PRINT)
at the
same time. TEXT shows
how it
will format what
it
prints:
Width:
80
Left-Margin:
0
Page size:
66
Line/Page:
65
Top margin:
0
Writing Notes
and
Letters
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