Atari XL - Manual (Page 2)

The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual
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Contents
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INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1-5
1.1 OVERVIEW OF THE LAST WORD ......................................................... 1-5
1.2 ABOUT THE MANUAL ........................................................................... 1-6
1.3 STARTING LW ....................................................................................... 1-6
1.3.1 LOADING LW FROM SPARTADOS X ................................................ 1-6
1.4 BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................... 1-7
1.4.1 THE EDIT SCREEN ............................................................................. 1-7
1.4.2 TEXT BANKS ...................................................................................... 1-9
1.4.3 SAVING AND LOADING TEXT ........................................................... 1-9
1.4.4 THE FILE SELECTOR ...................................................................... 1-11
1.4.5 BASIC CONFIGURATION ................................................................. 1-11
1.4.6 LEAVING THE PROGRAM ............................................................... 1-12
2 EDITOR COMMANDS .......................................................................... 2-13
2.1 CURSOR MOVEMENT ......................................................................... 2-13
2.2 TEXT ENTRY MODES .......................................................................... 2-13
2.3 INSERTING AND DELETING TEXT ..................................................... 2-14
2.4 MOVING AND COPYING WITH TEXT BLOCKS .................................. 2-15
2.5 FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT ....................................................... 2-16
2.5.1 SEARCHING WITH WILDCARDS ..................................................... 2-17
3 ADDITIONAL EDITOR FEATURES ..................................................... 3-18
3.1 COUNTING WORDS............................................................................. 3-18
3.2 EDITED TEXT INDICATOR .................................................................. 3-18
3.3 TABULATION ....................................................................................... 3-18
3.3.1 TABULATION MODES ..................................................................... 3-18
3.4 BOOKMARKS ...................................................................................... 3-19
3.5 TEXT AND DOCUMENT MODES ......................................................... 3-19
3.6 USER OPTIONS ................................................................................... 3-20
3.7 EDITING MULTIPLE FILES .................................................................. 3-20
3.8 HANDLING LARGE FILES ................................................................... 3-21
4 DISK OPERATIONS ............................................................................. 4-23
4.1 DISK OPERATIONS FROM THE EDITOR ........................................... 4-23
4.2 THE DISK MENU .................................................................................. 4-23
4.2.1 ADDITIONAL COMMANDS .............................................................. 4-26
4.2.2 SUBDIRECTORY FEATURES .......................................................... 4-26
5 PRINTING WITH LW ............................................................................ 5-27
5.1 PREVIEWING TEXT ............................................................................. 5-27