Commodore Plus 4 - Page 111

Formatting Disks
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displays the > sign to indicate that you are in command mode.
Formatting instructions are entered in reverse mode, not command mode.
Also, spreadsheet entries and text in the word processor are not made in com
mand mode.
Changing Screen Colors
When you first turn on the built-in software, the word processor work area
displays pale yellow characters on a black screen. The current cursor position is
white. If you want to use a different color combination, issue a COLOR com
mand in the spreadsheet. You can change the color of the screen only from the
spreadsheet.
Only the screen background color is selected with the COLOR command;
other colors are selected automatically. To select a new color, use the numbers
from Table 2-1.
1. Switch to the spreadsheet (press 88 C, then TC, and press RETURN).
2. Enter command mode again (press £§ and C).
3. Issue the COLOR command (type COLOR and the number of the color you
want to be the screen background. Type a semicolon at the end of the
command).
When you switch to another program, the screen color change remains in
effect.
Table 2-1. Screen Background Colors and Numbers
Background
Black
Gray
Red
Cyan
Purple
Green
Blue
Yellow
Characters
Yellow/white
Black/white
Yellow/white
Black/white
Black/white
Black/white
Cyan/white
Black/white
Number
0
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
Background
Orange
Brown
Yellow-green
Pink
Blue-green
Light blue
Dark blue
Light green
Characters
Yellow/ white
Yellow/white
Black/ white
Yellow/white
Black/white
Black/white
Cyan/ white
Black/white
Number
8
9
10
11
12
13
14
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Formatting Disks
Work from any built-in program can be stored on a disk (graphs must be
transferred to the word processor and stored as word processor files). Before you
can use a disk for storage, however, the disk must be formatted. Formatting