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Fundamentals, File Management | Working with the file manager
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Displaying and editing text files
Use the internal text editor to open and edit text files (ASCII files,
e.g. with the extension
txt ). Proceed as follows:
To call the file manager, press the
PGM MGT
key.
Select the drive and the directory in which the
text file is saved
Move the cursor to the text file
Press the
ENT
key
The control opens the text file with the internal
text editor.
Alternatively, you can also open the ASCII files using
the
Leafpad additional tool. The shortcuts you are
familiar with from Windows, which you can use to edit
texts quickly (CTRL+C, CTRL+V,...), are available within
Leafpad .
With the key combination ALT+TAB you can always
return to the control's user interface while leaving
the text file open. Alternatively, you can also click the
corresponding symbol in the task bar to switch back to
the user interface of the control.
Proceed as follows to open Leafpad :
Use the mouse to select the
Menu
HEIDENHAIN icon from the
task bar
Select the
Tools
and
Leafpad
menu items in the pull-down
menu
Proceed as follows to exit Leafpad :
Use the mouse to select the
File
menu item
Select
Exit
The control returns to the file management.