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Entering and Editing Text
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Selecting Text
When you select text on your NEO, the selection appears highlighted in
reverse; that is, text within a selection is light and the background is dark. To
deselect text that you’ve selected, press esc or an arrow key. (Cutting,
copying, and pasting also deselects the text.)
reverse; that is, text within a selection is light and the background is dark. To
deselect text that you’ve selected, press esc or an arrow key. (Cutting,
copying, and pasting also deselects the text.)
Cutting/Copying/Pasting/Deleting Text
To cut, copy, or paste text, you must first select it (see the previous table).
Then, do one of the actions below.
Then, do one of the actions below.
Press these keys...
...to select the following:
shift-
One character to the left at a time
shift-
One character to the right at a time
shift-
One line up
shift-
One line down
shift-option-
From cursor to beginning of word
shift-option-
From cursor to end of word
shift-z-
From cursor to beginning of line
shift-z-
From cursor to end of line
shift-home
From cursor to beginning of file
shift-end
From cursor to end of file
ctrl-a or z-a
Entire file
To do this:
Press this:
Cut selected text and copy it to the
clipboard
clipboard
ctrl-x or z-x
Copy selected text to the clipboard
ctrl-c or z-c
Paste text from the clipboard into your file
ctrl-v or z-v
Delete a character to the left of the cursor or
delete selected text
delete selected text
backspace
Delete a character to the right of the cursor
or delete selected text
or delete selected text
delete
Remove the entire contents of the file
clear file
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