Atari XL User Manual

The Last Word 3.0 Reference Manual

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Contents

1

INTRODUCTION ..................................................................................... 1-5

1.1

OVERVIEW OF THE LAST WORD ......................................................... 1-5

1.2

ABOUT THE MANUAL ........................................................................... 1-6

1.3

STARTING LW ....................................................................................... 1-6

LOADING LW FROM SPARTADOS X ................................................ 1-6

1.4

BASIC OPERATION ............................................................................... 1-7

THE EDIT SCREEN ............................................................................. 1-7

TEXT BANKS ...................................................................................... 1-9

SAVING AND LOADING TEXT ........................................................... 1-9

THE FILE SELECTOR ...................................................................... 1-11

BASIC CONFIGURATION ................................................................. 1-11

LEAVING THE PROGRAM ............................................................... 1-12

EDITOR COMMANDS .......................................................................... 2-13

2.1

CURSOR MOVEMENT ......................................................................... 2-13

2.2

TEXT ENTRY MODES .......................................................................... 2-13

2.3

INSERTING AND DELETING TEXT ..................................................... 2-14

2.4

MOVING AND COPYING WITH TEXT BLOCKS .................................. 2-15

2.5

FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT ....................................................... 2-16

SEARCHING WITH WILDCARDS ..................................................... 2-17

ADDITIONAL EDITOR FEATURES ..................................................... 3-18

3.1

COUNTING WORDS............................................................................. 3-18

3.2

EDITED TEXT INDICATOR .................................................................. 3-18

3.3

TABULATION ....................................................................................... 3-18

TABULATION MODES ..................................................................... 3-18

3.4

BOOKMARKS ...................................................................................... 3-19

3.5

TEXT AND DOCUMENT MODES ......................................................... 3-19

3.6

USER OPTIONS ................................................................................... 3-20

3.7

EDITING MULTIPLE FILES .................................................................. 3-20

3.8

HANDLING LARGE FILES ................................................................... 3-21

DISK OPERATIONS ............................................................................. 4-23

4.1

DISK OPERATIONS FROM THE EDITOR ........................................... 4-23

4.2

THE DISK MENU .................................................................................. 4-23

ADDITIONAL COMMANDS .............................................................. 4-26

SUBDIRECTORY FEATURES .......................................................... 4-26

PRINTING WITH LW ............................................................................ 5-27

5.1

PREVIEWING TEXT ............................................................................. 5-27