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 THE DEVELOPMENT EDITOR
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   The Development Editor is a basic word-processor with Multiple overlapping
 windows, Full mouse support, Pull down menu, Copy and paste features. If
 you're at all familiar with the SideKick Notepad or a Word Star type editor,
 then this editor should be a breeze.

 There are three ways to select a menu command from the Edit window:

 ˛ With a MOUSE, click the title of the menu you want to pull down, then
   click the desired command.

 ˛ Press F10, then use the arrow keys to go to the menu you want (or press
   the highlighted letter of the menu command), and use them again to select
   a command.

 ˛ Press Alt and the highlighted letter of the menu you want, then use the
   arrow keys (or press the highlighted letter) to select a command. Press
   Enter.

 The menu title that's highlighted is the currently selected menu. Menu
 commands are followed by either an ellipsis mark (...), an arrow, or a
 shortcut.

 Choosing a command that's followed by an ellipsis displays a dialog box;

 Once in the Edit window, you enter text just as if you were using a
 typewriter.

 ˛ When you want to end a line, press Enter.
 ˛ To exit the editor, press Alt X.


 MENU SELECTIONS
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 File  (Alt-F)
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 The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories,
 and exiting the program.

 File Open  (F3)
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 The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box
 you select the text file you want to edit.

 The Open a File dialog box contains:
  ˛ an inputˇbox with a history list
  ˛ a listˇbox to browse the directory
  ˛ the standard Cancel button
  ˛ Open action button
  ˛ an information panel that describes the
    selected file

 The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a fileˇlist, a file
 information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button
 (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Nameˇinputbox.

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 The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the
 file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*).   ][

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  ≥  EXAMPLE5.BAT  ≥  ..            ≥
  ≥  EXAMPLE6.BAT  ≥  \MOREEXAM     ≥
  ≥  FILENM01.BAT  ≥  \SPEECH       ≥
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 The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that
 match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory
 and all subdirectories.

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 The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time,
 and size of the selected file.None of the items on this information panel
 are selectable.

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  ≥ [ Open ] ≥
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 The Open button opens a new window and places the selected file in
 that window.
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  ≥ [ Cancel ] ≥
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 If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog
 box is put away. (Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button
 does not appear.)

 File Change Dir
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 File Change Dir brings up the ChangeˇDirectory dialog box, in which you
 can change the current directory.

 File DOS Shell
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 With the DOS Shell command, you can leave the program temporarily to
 perform a DOS command or run another program. To return to this program,
 type EXIT at the DOS prompt.

 File Exit  (Alt-X)
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 The Exit command terminates this program.


 Edit Undo
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 The Undo command will correct the last edited line in the open window.

 Edit Copy
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 The Copy command leaves the selected text intact but places an exact copy
 of it in the clipboard. You can paste that text into any other text file.
 With the MOUSE, click and drag the text you want to copy.

 Edit Paste
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 The Paste command inserts the selected text from the clipboard into the
 current window at the cursor position.


 Search Find
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 The Find command displays the find dialog box, where you type in the text
 you want to search for. You can set several options in the dialog box that
 effect the search.

 Search Replace
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 The Replace command displays a dialog box, where you type in the text
 you want to search for and the text you want to replace it with.


 Window     (Alt-W)
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 The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other
 window-management commands. Most of the windows in this program have all
 the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and
 zoom icons. For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows.

 Window Size/Move    (Ctrl-F5)
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 Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.

 Size
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 If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size
 of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press
 Enter. If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize
 the window.

 Move
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 When you choose Window Size/Move, the active window moves in response to
 the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press
 Enter. You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.

 Window Zoom    (F5)
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 Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window
 is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its
 previous size. You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title
 bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.

 Window Tile
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 Choose Window Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop.

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 Window Cascade
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 Choose Window Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop.

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 Window Next
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 Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.

 Window Previous
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 Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.

 Window Close     (Alt-F3)
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 Choose Close to close the active window. You can also click the Close
 box in the upper right corner to close a window.


 THESE COMMANDS WILL HELP YOU IF YOU ARE NOT USING A MOUSE.

 Cursor Movement Commands
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 Character left         Left arrow
 Character right        Right arrow
 Line up                Up arrow
 Line down              Down arrow
 Scroll up              Ctrl-W
 Scroll down            Ctrl-Z
 Page up                PgUp
 Page down              PgDn

 Move to next           Tab
 selection in
 dialog box

 Insert & Delete Commands
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 Insert mode on/off     Ins
 Delete line            Ctrl-Y
 Delete character left  Backspace
 Delete character       Del

 Block Commands
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 Mark block begin       Ctrl-K B
 Mark block end         Ctrl-K K
 Mark single word       Ctrl-K T
 Copy block             Ctrl-K C
 Move block             Ctrl-K V
 Delete block           Ctrl-K Y

 MORE HELP IS AVAILABLE WHEN YOU REGISTER YOUR SHAREWARE.
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