                      The TextShape System Help Page.                                            ---------------------------------                                You are now looking at a 20 line segment of the Helpfile document,which contains the line numbers shown at the left.You may adjust this windowon  the document by using the  cursor keys.If you try to go  up at line 0 ofthe page,or down at line 65 of the page,then the system tries to load in theprevious,or next  pages  respectively.The current  page is shown next to thedocument name at the bottom of the screen.                                            The system allows you  to move anywhere within a document,and typetext ,or make  modifications  by typing over,or  using the  DELETE key,as innormal BBC BASIC.Pressing SHIFT  with the cursor keys moves around in largerjumps;SHIFT/left  goes  to the left margin,SHIFT/right to the right,SHIFT/upmoves  the window up 20 lines,SHIFT/down moves it down 20.You can change thecursor  type by pressing  CTRL & C,which toggles between  flashing and solidblock cursors.                                                                        The bottom line of the  screen usually shows the status line,whichtells you  the document  name,the current page  and whether wordwrap or autojustify modes  have been  selected .This will  change if you select  variousoptions.---------PRESS CURSOR DOWN SEVERAL TIMES TO CONTINUE READING.-------          The  wordwrap feature allows you to continue to  type a word  thatwill not fit into the  line,as it is wrapped around to the next line.This istoggled on and off by CTRL & W.CTRL & J toggles auto-justify mode,which willjustify the line above the one you are typing,after wordwrap.It is better toswitch these off when editing near the edges of the screen                            ESCAPE will  abort the  current operation, and enter command mode.This allows you to enter '*' commands during use,such as *CAT,*ACCESS or anyother non-memory  destructive  '*' or '*FX'  commands.Do  not enter commandsthat  use up memory ,as  the  system will hang  up,due to corruption.You mayredefine,load and save the function keys using the same commands as usual.            COPY will  enter insert  mode. Anything  you  type after  pressingthis  will be inserted ,and the line  moved along one.Press  RETURN to leavethis mode,DELETE to  rubout as usual or SHIFT & DELETE to move text right ofthe cursor to the left one place.                                                     The  other  commands are  accessed  in  conjunction with  SHIFT orCTRL and  the function keys,as  indicated on the function keystrip .SHIFT/f0will place a control  code at the far left of the screen ,which will preventany  spaces following it from being  justified away.SHIFT/f1 will de-justifythe line the cursor is one,and may need repeating if text is very spaced out.SHIFT/f2 will de-justify  the present line,and  re-justify it,useful if anyoperations have produced unsightly gaps.                                              SHIFT/f3  changes  the  colour of the screen ,and SHIFT/f4  allowsyou to insert  and  delete lines  at the cursor's  current position.SHIFT/f5will justify within specified  lines,and SHIFT/f6 centres the  current  linebetween  the  margins .SHIFT/f7 estimates the  number of  words,and SHIFT/f8allows you to set the left then right margins,shown on the top line.SHIFT/f9is search and replace,so that  you may look  through the text ,replacing anyoccurences of one string of letters with another of equal or shorter length.A  global  search goes  through all the text immediately,a  selective searchstops beside each match on the  current window,waiting for 'Y' to be pressedto  replace ,'N' to  skip.You may  search for  indent  codes by pressing TABduring input of 'Search for' string,and replace them at will.                         CTRL/f0  and CTRL/f1  allow you to load and save text respectively,and the next 4 keys  deal with the 10 line buffer area.You can load or savethis  area ,using   CTRL/f2 and  CTRL/f3,put this  area onto  the text,usingCTRL/f4  and initially get this  area using CTRL/f5 ,and pressing  'G' .Move('M')  will move the text  up to  cover the block outlined ,Blank ('B') willrubout  the  old copy  with  spaces,and Copy ('C')  will  duplicate from oneplace to another.CTRL/f6 will place any printer codes at the cursor,enteringRETURN  to finish ,and  shown  as '' on screen ,but sent  directly  to  theprinter  on printout,selected  with  CTRL/f7.This will dump the text betweenspecified lines to the printer.                                                       You may adjust  the ruler at the top  of the screen using CTRL/f8,and  you can   move the   cursor  along to the next  division  during use bypressing TAB.This helpfile was  loaded by CTRL/f9 .Pressing BREAK  will loadthe recovery program,allowing you to salvage text if done by mistake.You mayretrieve text present before'CTRL/f9' by pressing CTRL/f0 and entering TEXT.
