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Entering/Editing the Text

You can add an unlimited amount of narrative text, with 24 lines per page. You edit both functional and operational text in the same manner. You can edit the text from the Edit Narrative Text panel, or if the IBM S/38 Text Management product for the IBM i is installed on your system, you can use a function key (F7) to convert the text to a temporary EDTTXT document. The following table lists the active function keys and their function.

Function Key

Action

Comment

F3

Save changes and exit program.

 

F4

Make current line top of text display.

 

F5

Return to last saved version of text.

 

F6

Cancel block for pending copy, move, or delete.

Blocked text is no longer highlighted.

F7

Edit text using TM/38.

Convert text to temporary TM/38 EDTTXT document and edit with EDTDOC commands. Reconvert document to CA 2E text format. EDTTXT paragraph Ids and text emphasis information are not saved.

F8

Mark line or block.

To block text, place the cursor on the first line you want to block and press F8. Then place the cursor on the last line you want to block and press F8. You can block any number of pages. If you do not block a line, the copy, move, or delete function operates on the line where the cursor is.

F9

Add blank line above current line.

 

F10

Display text from beginning.

 

F11

Delete text or block and close up text.

 

F13

Exit without saving changes.

All changes you made in the session are lost.

F14

Display CA 2E product map.Display product map.

 

F15

Display last line of text.

 

F16

Copy marked line or block.

Places the text on the line immediately preceding the line with the cursor. To copy one line, place the cursor on the line and press F16 twice.

F17

Move marked line or block.

Places the text on the line immediately preceding the line with the cursor. To move one line, place the cursor on the line and press F17 twice. If the cursor is within a block, both the move and the block are canceled.

F19

Edit text using SEU.

Convert the text to a temporary source member. Edit using SEU commands. Reconvert to CA 2E text format.

F20

Toggle between operational and functional narrative text.

Saves changes

F24

Display more keys

 

When you finish editing, press Enter to accept the text. Then save changes and exit by pressing F3 (Exit) to return to the panel from which you accessed the narrative text.