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10 NBDP FILE OPERATIONS
10-6
10.4.2 Copying and pasting text
You may copy a portion of text and paste it elsewhere.
1. Choose the text to copy. (See “cutting text" above for the procedure.)
2. Press the function key [F2] and the [3] key.
The text selected is copied to the paste buffer memory where the cut or copied text is stored.
The display returns to the normal screen.
3. Place the cursor at the exact spot in the message where the copied text is to start.
4. Press the function key [F2] and the [4] key.
10.4.3 Select all
The Select All feature lets you select all of the file currently displayed. This feature can be
useful when you want to combine files. The procedure below explains how to place the file
loaded in working area 1 onto the end of the file loaded in working area 2.
1. Load the file to be copied from a floppy disk in working area 1.
2. Press the function key [F2] and the [5] key. The entire file appears in inverse video.
3. Press the function key [F2] and the [3] key. The file is placed in the paste buffer memory.
4. Load the file to be combined in working area 2.
5. Place the cursor at the exact spot in the message where the text now in the paste buffer
memory is to start and press the [Insert] key.
Floppy
Disk
Working
Area 1
Working
Area 2
Paste
Buffer
Memory
Open
file
Open
file
Transfer
(copy)
Paste (Combine)
1
3
2
4
Holds cut or
copied text
Copy and paste flow diagram
10.4.4 Searching text
The Search feature lets you search for text in a forward or backward direction.
1. Display a text and press the function key [F2] and the [6] key. The Search display
appears.
Forward
Search
Search string :
ESC: quit
Backward
Dir
Search screen