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Editing text blocks, Creating text files 11.5 – HEIDENHAIN TNC 320 (77185x-01) User Manual

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Creating Text Files 11.5

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TNC 320 | User's Manual

HEIDENHAIN Conversational Programming | 3/2014

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Editing text blocks

You can copy and erase text blocks of any size, and insert them at

other locations. Before any of these actions, you must first select

the desired text block:

To select a text block: Move the cursor to the first character of

the text you wish to select.

Press the

SELECT BLOCK soft key

Move the cursor to the last character of the text

you wish to select. You can select whole lines

by moving the cursor up or down directly with

the arrow keys—the selected text is shown in a

different color

After selecting the desired text block, you can edit the text with the

following soft keys:

Function

Soft key

Delete the selected block and store

temporarily

Store the selected block temporarily without

erasing (copy)

If desired, you can now insert the temporarily stored block at a

different location:

Move the cursor to the location where you want to insert the

temporarily stored text block

Press the

INSERT BLOCK soft key: The text block is

inserted.

You can insert the temporarily stored text block as often as desired

Transferring the selected block to a different file

Select the text block as described previously

Press the

APPEND TO FILE soft key. The TNC

displays the dialog prompt

Destination file =

Enter the path and name of the destination

file. The TNC appends the selected text to the

specified file. If no target file with the specified

name is found, the TNC creates a new file with

the selected text.

Inserting another file at the cursor position

Move the cursor to the location in the text where you wish to

insert another file

Press the

READ FILE soft key. The TNC displays

the dialog prompt

File name =

Enter the path and name of the file you want to

insert