IBM Aptiva M50/M51
(250-0440)            Editing a File                  Faxback Doc. # 17484

Editing a file in PC-DOS on an IBM Aptiva Computer

Because IBM computers do not come with MS-DOS installed, some of the 
keystrokes will be different when using PC-DOS's E editor as opposed to 
MS-DOS's EDIT.

The menus across the top of the screen are:
File  Edit  Macro  Search  View  Options  Help

The submenus are as follows:
File
        New
        Open                    F8
        Rename                  F7
        Save                    F2
        Save as...
        Close                   F3
        File                    F4
        Exit                    Alt-F4

Edit
        Undo                    F9
        Delete line             Ctrl-Backspace
        Undelete line           Ctrl-U
        Mark text (begin/end)   Alt-Z
        Mark block (begin/end)  Alt-B
        Mark line (begin/end)   Alt-L
        Unmark                  Alt-U
        Delete marked area      Alt-D
        Copy marked area        Alt-C
        Move marked area        Alt-M
        Print marked area
        Split lines             Alt-S
        Join lines              Alt-J

Macro
        Record                  Ctrl-R
        Play                    Ctrl-T

Search
        Find
        Find next               Ctrl-F
        Global find next        Ctrl-G
        Find all

View
        Next file               F12, Ctrl-N
        Previous file           F11, Ctrl-P
        Zoom to full screen     Ctrl-Z
        2 Vertical windows      Ctrl-V
        2 Horizontal windows    Ctrl-H
        4 Windows               Alt-4
        Toggle window style     Ctrl-A

Options
        Autosave
        Margins
        Tabs

Help
        Help                    F1
        About...

If you press and hold the Shift key, the following choices are available:
        F1      < Scroll
        F2      Scroll >
        F3      Scroll ^
        F4      Scroll v
        F5      CenterLine

If you press and hold the Alt key, the following choices are available:
        F1      LineChars
        F4      Exit
        F7      < Shift
        F8      Shift >

If you press and hold the Ctrl key, the following choices are available:
        F1      UpperWord
        F2      LowerWord
        F3      UpperMark
        F4      LowerMark
        F5      BeginWord
        F6      EndWord

While you are entering data, the following choices are available:
        F1      Help
        F2      Save
        F3      Close
        F4      File
        F5      Print
        F7      Rename
        F8      Open
        F9      Undo
        F10     Menu


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