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Chapter 2: The
Editsr
tfyouposition thepointer inaccurately and find that
the selected block is not whatyox wart,
clear the selectlon by clicking and releasing the mouse button anywbereon the window. The highlighting will clear an you do this. (On colour monitors there may be some flickering of colours as you do this.)
Selecting a Large Block
If you need to select more text than will
fit into the window, select
the start of the block an described above. Then, with the moose button still held down, move
the pointer beyond the
toporbottom edgeof the window. The textwillscroll, highlighting as ilgoes. When enough text is in view, release the mouse button at
the otherend of your selected block. (When the
text is scrolling, it will move rather faster if
the cursor is well outside
she window. If you want it to scmll slowly only move the cursor slightly beyond the edge.)
If the block you want to select is very large, there is an altemative technique. Using the method already described, selecta small piece of tent atone end of the block. Then move us
theotherend using the scroll bars, andpress the key an
you click themouse button in the
appropriate place. All the text from the small block to the Shift-click will be selected, and
willbe highlighted on the screen.
Deleting a Block
To delete a block of tent, select it and then press either of the delete keys. When a block of tent is selected, and both have the same effect, Or,
to replace the block with
different text, select the block and then type. Typing when there is a block selected replaces the block with whatever is typed.
Cut and Paste
Instead of deleting ablock of tent, you may wantlo transfer ittoanosherpartoftheprogram. The way to do this is by ‘cutting and panting’ using two of the options available on she Edit menu.
Begin by selecting the block of lent, an explained above. Do not delete it, but select Cut from the Edit menu. You will see the tent disappear from your program. it has not been annihilated,though; ithasbeen moved to a special area called the Clipboard. (Later, weshall see how so inspect the contents of the Clipboardandedit them directly.)
Position the cursor at the pointwhere you wantthc lent moved to. Select Paxte (again from the Edit menu) and the contents of the clipboard willbe inserted at the point selected.
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