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MTS
e
Editing
To delete a character in a text:
•
Position the cursor on the character
•
Press the <Del Char.> key
Repeatedly pressing this key deletes the proceeding characters.
To insert characters in the text:
•
Position the cursor on the character proceeding the point you want to enter
text.
•
Position the cursor on the character you want to insert.
•
Press the <Valid. Char.> key
•
Repeat the above steps to insert the following characters.
Leaving the Edit menu
•
Press the <Exit> key or any hard key.
Note
If a file name is being edited only valid DOS characters are accepted.
Use of the external keyboard
The external keyboard (option 5000/keyb) facilitates data entry for set up, file
naming and comments, and for remarks in the table of results.
Keyboard connection
•
Connect the keyboard to the Centronics connector of the MTS
e
.
•
Using the
SET UP
/
System Setup
keys, access the
Interface I/O
setup menu.
•
On line
Centronics
, choose the option
Keyboard.
Note
The keyboard must be connected to the MTS
e
before selection in the
menu.
If the keyboard is used, it is not possible to use an external printer.
Equivalence between external keyboard and
MTS
e
keyboard
Althrough the external keyboard is mainly intended to stand in for the MTS
e
editing menu, it can replace all the MTS
e
keys except the
ON/OFF
key.
•
Softkeys at the right side of the screen are replaced by the function keys
F1
to
F6
.
•
Hard keys below the screen are equivalent at
Ctrl
followed by the first
character of the key (except for the
Setup
key equivalent to
Ctrl U)
.
•
The arrow keys have the same function on the external keyboard and on the
MTS
e
(except for the comment edition in the File menu).
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