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User's
Handbook
reverse. Placing the
bar
within this space will move the inser-
tion point to the spot just before the following character. With
a text having multiple rulers, placing the point anywhere
before a ruler
wi~l
extend the conditions
of
the preceding ruler.
To place the point after a ruler, the edit
bar
must be within that
ruler's domain.
Practice positioning the insertion point
at
various places
in the text.
Once you have mastered this technique, you will
find it much easier to use the functions
we
are about to explain.
CHARACTER SELECTION FOR EDITING
Editing tasks often include deletion of a character
or
group
of
characters. This may
or
may
not
be for the pupose
of
replacement with other characters.
So
far, the only deletion
technique used has been backspacing through individual char-
acters. This method can be used for deleting any portion
of
the
text. A more efficient method
is
selection
of
characters for
deletion
or
replacement. Mac Write features three techniques
for character selection.
The first technique
is
only valid when specifying single
words. Again,
we
define a word as
on
page
126
without
any
ending punctuation such as a period
or
comma.
To
illustrate,
let's select the word
"school" from the third line
of
the text.
Position the edit
bar
somewhere within the word and double-
click the mouse. The word
is
inverted, as depicted in figure
5.16, showing that it
is
selected. Do not touch the keyboard as
this will alter the text.
To
unselect characters, place the edit
bar
anywhere in the
text, including within the selected word, and click. The inser-
tion point appears
at
that point.
Secondly, the operator may use dragging in the manner
described in chapter
3.
Unselect the word "school.'' Position the
edit
bar
before
that
word
and
drag across it. The word is again
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