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The main menu of the help editor/viewer or built-in text editor contains a File menu, an Edit menu and a character menu. In addition, a Done option appears to the right of the Character menu if the editor is opened from the Edit Object dialog box. By selecting Done you accept any changes made to the help text and return to the Edit Object dialog.
The following tables describe available menu options:
File option |
Description |
New |
Opens an empty text buffer. Built-in text editor only. |
Open |
Loads the help text of a support file or the contents of a text file into the text buffer. |
Save |
Stores the contents of the text buffer to disk. |
Save As |
Stores the contents of the text buffer to a specified disk file. Built-in text editor only. |
Sends the contents of the text buffer to the default printer. |
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Setup Enables you to define default printer characteristics. |
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Exit/Cancel |
Closes the editor or viewer window. If the option displays Exit and the text buffer has been modified, you are given a chance to save the text before closing. If a Done option is available from the main menu, this option displays Cancel, and the window is closed without any warning with respect to loss of modified data. |
Edit option |
Description |
Undo |
Cancels the last edit operation. |
Cut |
Copies selected text to the Clipboard and deletes the text from the buffer. |
Copy |
Puts a copy of the selected text in the Clipboard. |
Paste |
Inserts the text in the Clipboard into the text buffer at the current caret position. |
Delete |
Deletes any selected text from the text buffer. |
Select All |
Selects all the text in the buffer. |
Find |
Searches the text buffer for the first occurrence of a specified text string and jumps to and selects any matching text found. This option displays the Windows standard Find dialog box. |
Find Next |
Searches for the next occurrence of the text string previously specified in the Find dialog. |
Find & Replace |
Searches the text buffer for one or all occurrences of a specified text string and replaces any instance found with a specified replacement string. This option displays the Windows standard Replace dialog box. |
Character option |
Description |
Word Wrap |
Toggles wrapping of text at the right margin so that it fits in the window. |
Font |
From the Windows standard Font dialog box you can change the font and text attributes of the text buffer. |