You communicate with
your computer through
the ATARI600XLHome
Computer's easy-to-use
keyboard, which is set up
like a typewriter. You
can do a lot more, how-
ever, than just type on
this keyboard.
.You can throwaway
your ink eraser and edit-
ing pencils, for you can
now move and transform
text and computer pro-
grams on the screen with
a few keystrokes. To cor-
respond with a pen pal in
his native French or write
a report in Spanish, you
can use an array of inter-
national alphabetic char-
acters. You can use the
ATARI 1O20™40-Column
Color Printer/ Plotter, the
ATARI lO25™80-Column
Printer, and theATARI
lO27™Letter-Quality
Printer to print interna-
tional characters. You
can even display graphic
symbols to create art or
make charts and other
presentations more inter-
esting and appealing.
Refer to the manual that
comes with each printer
for specific instructions.
On the next few pages
you'll find the simple
commands- keystrokes
or keystroke' combina-
tions-that enable you to
tell your computer to per-
form the operations you
wish.
The white square you see
on the screen is the cur-
sor;
it shows you "where
you are" on the display.
You use some keys on
the computer keyboard
the same way you would
on a typewriter. The
SHIFT
key capitalizes let-
ters, and TAB moves the
cursor quickly across
your screen to predeter-
mined stops.
Beyond these basics,
there are a number of
keys that allow you to
reach into a bag of
editing tricks. The
CON-
TROL
and
SHIFT
keys
play important roles in
screen editing and in
generating both graphics
and international char-
acters. They help you
move the cursor, delete
or insert individual
characters or entire
sentences, or change
from uppercase to lower-
case letters. To perform
a function, another key
must be pressed while
holding down
CONTROL
or
SHIFT.
The chart on the fol-
lowing two pages shows
you how to change the
way information is dis-
played on the screen.
A Few Comments About
the Chart:
Since certain key
functions may be rede-
. fined by certain pro-
grams, always consult
your program owner's
guide for further help.
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