Atari 400 - Page 80

IF YOU ARE USING BASIC, use the SPACEBAR
to move the cursor to the start of the next line. IF
YOU ARE IN MEMO PAD MODE, you can sim-
ply press the RETURN key to start a new line.
Now type your name again, but this time press
and
hold a SHIFT key when you type the first
letter(s) of your name.
SCREEN 1
You can see that a SHIFT key thus makes each
letter key into two keys as far as the computer is
concerned (when the CAPS/LOWR key is de-
pressed).
The
SHIFT keys turn some of the other keys into
two keys also, but these keys have their second
function indicated
on the top halves of their
faces
on the keyboard.The keys with which the
SHIFT keys work this way include the CAPSI
LOWR key, the number keys, the punctuation
keys, and a few other special keys which we will
discuss later.
For
now, press a SHIFT key and hold it while
you press the CAPS/LOWR key once. To see
what happened, type your name again. Presto!
You're back to all capital letters.
SCREEN 2
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