Commodore Plus 4 - Page 146

134 The Built-in Software
MAPped data overwrites word processor text, so be sure the cursor is beneath all
the text or create enough blank spaces within the text to avoid overwriting.
Use the IL (Insert Line) command to open up blank lines. You can also create a
block of blank linds with the SP (Set Pointer), CB (Create Block), and IB (Insert
Block) commands. To create a block of blank lines, move the cursor to a blank
area on the word processor screen, set a pointer at the bottom of the appropriate
number of blank lines, and create a block. Then move the cursor to the line in the
text where you want to locate the blank block, and insert the block.
When you use MAP, you set a top left corner of the area to be transferred. You
cannot MAP above or to the left of this corner. No bottom right corner is set, and
you can leave out any cell to the right of the leftmost column just by not putting
the cell cursor into a cell.
Every time you enter a row, whether you have been in it before or not, you must
move the cell cursor to the leftmost cell on that row. Otherwise you will not be
able to MAP any cells in the row. If you have previously MAPped the leftmost
cell, you still have to return to it to MAP any more cells when you reenter the row.
After you MAP the leftmost cell in a row, you do not have to MAP cells in any
particular order. You can move more cells in the row or go immediately to the
next row. You can go back up to rows, skip cells, or skip down to other rows, as
long as you visit the leftmost cell each time you enter the row.
To use MAP, follow these steps:
1. Turn on the half-screen mode (Q C, then HA and RETURN).
2. Switch to the word processor (g C, then TW and RETURN).
3. Move the word processor cursor to the place on the screen where you want to
place the MAPped data. Note that MAPped data overwrite word processor
text, so move the word processor cursor under all the text, or open up enough
blank space within the text to prevent text loss.
4. Switch back to the spreadsheet ({§ C, then TC and RETURN).
5. Put the cell cursor in the cell that is to be the upper left corner of the cells
MAPped to the word processor.
6. Issue the command MAP and press RETURN.
7. Move the cell cursor into every cell you want to transfer.
You can move to the next row and continue M APping without issuing another
MAP command. However, once the first row establishes the leftmost column of a
MAPped row, subsequent rows must also begin in that column. Use the Fl, F2,
and cursor up and down keys to move across rows to transfer data.