Technologies Humanware Inc. APBT320 Manuel D’Utilisation

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7.5.1 

Block Commands Menu. 

This menu provides all the commands needed to mark a block and manipulate it. These Block 
Commands are accessed through the Block Commands Menu, which you can enter by pressing 
CONTROL with B. There are 13 items in the menu, in order as follows: 

Append block to clipboard; 

Copy block to clipboard; 

Delete block; 

Insert file; 

Move block to clipboard; 

Paste clipboard; 

Read block; 

Store block; 

Top marker insertion; 

Bottom marker insertion; 

Erase file and exit Keyword; 

Zap, erase the block markers; 

Grade. Correct Braille grade of block. 

Items on the menu can be selected in either of the usual ways. 

 

 

7.5.2 

Marking a Block. 

Before performing any block operation, you must define the block. Marking the top and bottom of 
the text you wish to manipulate does this, or alternatively you can mark one end of the block of text 
and move the cursor to the other. Follow these steps to mark a block: 

1.  Move the cursor onto the first character you want included in the block. 

2.   Enter the Block Commands Menu by pressing CONTROL with B. 

3.  Select the 

"Top marker insertion" option. You are returned to the document and a marker 

appears in the document to indicate the top of the block. The marker is $blt. 

4.  Now move the cursor just past the last character you want included in the block. You are now 

ready to enter the Block Commands Menu and move, copy, or delete the block of text. 
Alternatively, you can enter a bottom block marker, so that the chosen block remains defined. 
The marker is dollar sign blb.