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4.1 Playing Your Edited Deal
[Edit Menu Item:
PEDR
]
This option enables you to play the deal
that you have just edited.
To select this option:
a. Access the Edit Menu (
PEDR
), as
noted at the beginning of Section 4.
b. Press
>
to select the letter
P
for
Play this deal
.
c. Press ENTER, and the computer will
start a game using the current hand.
4.2 Try Editing a Deal
[Edit Menu Item:
PEDR
]
This handy option allows you to con-
struct your own deals from scratch. This
feature can be used in a number of ways,
such as trying your hand at Bridge games
published in newspapers and books, or
keeping track of your own games and
reconstructing deals that you’ve previously
played for further study.
To select this option:
a. Access the Edit Menu (
PEDR
), as
noted at the beginning of Section 4.
b. Press
>
to select the letter
E
for
Edit a deal
.
c. Press ENTER.
Line 1 =
AKQJº987654
, along
with
S
for South and the Spade
symbol (
¡
) in line 2. The upper hand
area also shows the symbols for all
52 cards, and
s
flashes.
You can now begin editing this hand,
starting with selecting Spades for South.
(1) Press the Value Keys (
a
/
k
/
q
…) to
select and enter any desired Spades for
South. As each key is pressed, that card is
moved from Line 1 to Line 2. Notice that it
also disappears from the upper hand area,
and reappears in South’s hand.
(2) After entering all desired Spades,
press
•
,
ª
, or
º
to activate another suit.
Follow the same steps to enter cards for
this suit. Repeat for any other suit, enter-
ing up to a total of 13 cards for this hand.
(3) Press VIEW HAND to edit the next
position, and
w
will flash. Line 2
shows that Spades is the active suit once
again. Follow Steps (1) and (2), above, to
construct a hand for West.
(4) After entering all desired cards for
West, press VIEW HAND again to edit the
hand for
n
, and then for
e
.
Note that the hands can be edited in any
order, and you can go back to any hand by
pressing VIEW HAND.
(5) Once all cards have been entered,
press ENTER. The Edit Menu will reap-
pear, with the
P
flashing for
Play
this deal
. Press ENTER, and the
computer will start a new game with the
hand you’ve just constructed!
Please also note these important
points, in regard to editing:
• If you enter more than 13 cards for any
position, or if you enter a card that has
been used, an error beep will sound.
• If you enter less than 13 cards for any
position, the computer will randomly fill
in the additional cards when you play.
• You can also use the Cursor Keys to
enter cards, in the same manner as
during bidding or play.
• If you make a mistake or change your
mind while entering a card, press the
same key again to deselect it. If you’ve
just pressed
q
, for example, press
q
again to cancel the input. If you’re
using the Cursor Keys, cancel your
input by pressing
,
to move the cards
back up to Line 1, starting with the
lowest card of the current suit.
• If you change your mind and decide
not to edit the hand after all, press
ESCAPE to cancel and return to the
previous menu.
4.3 Changing the Dealer/Vulnerability
[Edit Menu Item:
PEDR
]
This option allows you to change the
dealer and vulnerability settings.
To select this option:
a. Access the Edit Menu (
PEDR
), as
noted at the beginning of Section 4.
b. Press
>
to select the letter
D
for
Change D/V
.
c. Press ENTER.
Line 1 =
WNES -NEB
, where:
WNES
= West/North/East/South
-
= Neither side vulnerable
N
= North/South vulnerable
E
= East/West vulnerable
B
= Both sides vulnerable.
Line 2 = Current settings, as in
D:N V:Nil
, where:
D:N
= Dealer North
V:Nil
= Neither side vulnerable
