HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 (60642x-04) - Manual (Page 473)

HEIDENHAIN iTNC 530 473
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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:
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 for the text block
to be 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.
To insert 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
Function Soft key
Delete the selected block and store temporarily
Store the selected block temporarily without
erasing (copy)