HP Integrity NonStop H-Series - Manual (Page 35)

Deleting Characters
Creating a Simple Document
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Another way to insert several characters in one place is to use the SHIFT key
plus the CHAR INS key. Try this:
1. Put the cursor on the “T” of “The Publisher.”
2. Hold down the SHIFT key and press CHAR INS . If you are using a
Tandem 6530 terminal, notice that a light on the top right of the
keyboard (labeled INSERT MODE) lights up.
3. Now type “Office of “ and notice how the words to the right of the
cursor move over as you type.
4. Press the CHAR INS key again to return it to an unshifted key. Type “t”
on top of the “T” in “the.”
The heading should now look like this:
Use SHIFT
CHAR INS to insert
longer phrases.
TO: All departmen heads
FROM: Office of t e Publisher
h
Deleting Characters Now try deleting some characters. Follow these steps:
1. Put the cursor on the third line, the one that starts with the word
“current.” See the following example.
The quarterly budgeting meeting has been scheduled for March 15.
Please be prepared with the actual expenses for the last two quarters,
urrent budget tracking, nd requests for next quarter. Meet in the
conference room at 8 A.M. Don't be late!
J.
Put the cursor here
and follow step 4.
a
Put the cursor here and
follow steps 2 and 3.
c
2. Press the CHAR DEL key. Notice that the cursor stays in the same
position and all the characters to the right of the cursor move to the left
by one character.
3. Now press the CHAR DEL key and hold it down. The terminal continues
to delete characters as long as you hold down the key. Lift your finger
from the key after you have deleted the word “current.”