Visara 1481 - Manual (Page 60)

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When data is entered between the margins, the cursor can be located over the left
margin column, and data can be entered in this column. The cursor wraps before it reaches
the right margin column. Data cannot be entered in this column during normal typing.
Even though a margin is defined and the display station is in Document mode, data can
still be entered to the left of the left margin or the right of the right margin. The left and
right margins are established to stop the cursor during normal data entry. The Cursor
Left and Cursor Right keys allow you to move the cursor beyond the margins where data
can be entered and modified the same as between the margins.
Alternate Right Margin Type
The standard right margin remains in effect during Document mode whether the Word
Wrap function (described on Page 5-6) is active or not. Some typing situations call for a
margin release in which no right margin is observed. Setting the alternate right margin
type allows you to define a right margin that is in effect when Word Wrap is on and that
is ignored when Word Wrap is off.
When the right margin is disabled (the alternate right margin is set and Word Wrap is
turned off), the right side of the screen acts as the right margin and text wraps at the
screen’s margin, regardless of word divisions. When Word Wrap is turned back on, the
right margin previously in effect is reinstated.
To give an existing right margin the alternate right margin attribute, place the format
scale cursor over the right margin symbol and press the Cursor Select key. The greater
than symbol turns into a broken vertical bar ( ¦ ), indicating that the right margin is
released when the Word Wrap function is turned off. To restore the standard right
margin, place the cursor over the broken vertical bar and press Cursor Select again. The
greater than symbol (>) returns to the format scale.
Tab Stops
Setting tab stops on the format scale allows the tab keys to function the way they do on
a typewriter, treating the defined column positions as tab stops. Once they are set, tab
stops are used in Document mode by pressing the Forward Tab (
) key or Reverse Tab
( ) key to move the cursor to the next tab stop to the right or left.
Tab stops are set by placing the format scale cursor in the desired position and pressing
the Forward Tab key. The format scale displays an underscore ( _ ) in the new tab stop
position unless a margin symbol or end-of-line signal symbol is in the selected position.
Even if the tab stop symbol cannot be displayed in a position, the tab function is still in
effect.
Up to 20 tab stops can be defined in any position on the format scale. Attempts to enter
more than 20 tab stops are ignored.
To clear a tab stop, place the format scale cursor on the tab stop symbol in question and
press the Delete Character key ( ) (Delete key on the 102-key keyboard). To clear all
tab stops from the format scale at once, press the Clear key. All tab stop symbols are
removed from the format scale.