User manual LEXMARK IBM DISPLAYWRITER SYSTEM OPERATOR TRAINING BOOK

[. . . ] IBM Displaywriter System Operator Training Book 1 -- Basic Topics Textpack ­ 4 Contents. Topic 4: Revising Something You Have Typed. Topic 6: Deleting: Short Cuts and Extensions. Topic 9: Printing More Than One Copy at a Time. [. . . ] DO NOT TYPE THE PUNCTUATION FOLLOWING THE LAST WORD. Use Del, if you make a mistake. The Displaywriter underlines the words automatically as you type. WHILE HOLDING DOWN CODE, PRESS THE END UND KEY. END UND is on the same key as the character "j". TYPE THE PUNCTUATION FOLLOWING THE UNDERLINED PHRASE, AND THEN FINISH THE EXERCISE. ON YOUR OWN You can make up additional text to extend this exercise and get more experience with centering and underlining. When you finish, try to print the document Winners out on paper (refer to Topic 3 for help in doing this). Topic 6: 1 Topic 6. There is a short cut for using the DEL key. If you turned off the power at the workstation between Topic 5 and Topic 6, turn it back on and re-insert the program diskettes. Note: DELETING A LOT OF TEXT DISPLAY THE DOCUMENT Smith Letter. USING THE CURSOR MOVEMENT KEYS, POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE WORD IF, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE THIRD PARAGRAPH. PRESS THE DEL KEY. The Displaywriter prompts you: Delete what? If you make a mistake, use CODE + CANCL and start the deletion over. TYPE THE LAST WORD OF THE PARAGRAPH AND THE FINAL PERIOD: necessary. The entire paragraph is now highlighted. If you made a mistake, use CODE + CANCL and start the deletion over. PRESS ENTER. The paragraph disappears. When you type something in response to the deletion prompt, the Displaywriter deletes everything from the current cursor position through the first occurrence of whatever you typed. Topic 6: 2 DELETING BLANK LINES The Displaywriter stores blank lines as carrier return CHARACTERS. USE TO POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE SECOND LINE OF THE FIRST PARAGRAPH OF Smith Letter. PRESS CARRIER RETURN ONCE. You have inserted a blank line in the paragraph. USE TO POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE BEGINNING OF THE BLACK LINE -- ALL THE WAY AT THE LEFT. As you can see, a special highlighted carrier return character appears. This is the special character that was inserted when you originally pressed CARRIER RETURN. PRESS THE DEL KEY. WHEN THE DISPLAYWRITER PROMPTS YOU: Delete What?, PRESS ENTER. The blank line disappears. You have deleted the special CARRIER RETURN character. ON YOUR OWN You can use these techniques to insert and then delete underlined and centered material. When you are finished, END the Smith Letter document, and then print it out. Topic 7: 1 Topic 7. Displaywriter allows you to "cut and paste" pieces of your document as you revise it. If you turned off the power at the workstation between Topic 6 and Topic 7, turn it back on and re-insert the program diskettes. Note: MOVING TEXT Instead of deleting an entire paragraph, or even a sentence, a word, or a single character and then re-typing it, you can use the MOVE key to move the text from one place to another. DISPLAY THE DOCUMENT Promotions, WHICH IS STORED ON THE TRAIN DISKETTE. USING THE CURSOR KEY, POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE LEFT MARGIN ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE CIRCLED PIECE OF TEXT, AS SHOWN BELOW. Another special character -- the TAB -- becomes visible at the left margin. Topic 7: 2 PRESS THE MOVE KEY. The MOVE key is located to the right of the DEL key. The Displaywriter prompts you: Move what? USE THE AND KEYS TO MOVE THE CURSOR TO THE END OF THE CIRCLED PIECE OF TEXT. MOVE THE CURSOR THREE SPACES PAST THE FINAL PERIOD IN ORDER TO INCLUDE THE CARRIER RETURN SYMBOL (WHICH BECOMES VISIBLE ONLY WHEN THE CURSOR IS POSITIONED UNDER IT). The text to be moved is now highlighted. If you made a mistake, use CODE + CANCL and start the move again. PRESS ENTER. The Displaywriter prompts you: To where? POSITION THE CURSOR AT THE LEFT MARGIN ON THE FIRST LINE OF THE LAST PARAGRAPH. The special TAB character appears. PRESS ENTER. The highlighted paragraph is now moved. [. . . ] WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED REVISING, END THE LETTER, AND PRINT IT OUT. ON YOUR OWN What other things could you use key save and key playback for?Try out at least one of your ideas. Topic 16: 1 Topic 16. Working on Your Own With the Displaywriter. You have now made a first pass through the basis operations of the Displaywriter. [. . . ]