Commodore Plus 4 - CONTROL; CHAPTER 3 Using Software

any screen windows that you have set up are erased. Screen windows
are work areas that you designate on part of the screen; there'll be
more about them later,
CONTROL
This key always works with another key. The CONTROL key works
like the SHIFT key you must hold it down while you press the
other key.
1. As the COLOR KEYS section explains, pressing CONTROL
and a color key allows you to choose the colorpf the text printed on
the screen.
2. You can pause a program that is PRINTing or LISTing on the
screen by pressing CONTROL and the S key (press any key to
resume program output).
3. CONTROL is also used with the REVERSE ON/OFF" and
FLASH ON/OFF keys
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— Like the CONTROL key, the Commodore key works with other keys.
il has four functions:
1. When used with the shift key, the O key lets you switch
between upper-case/graphics mode and upper/lower-case
text modes. ,^_-_
2. When you're in either mode, the &■'_> key acts as a shift to let
you type the graphics symbol pictured on the LEFT front of each
— key. Just hold down Jt£S$ and press the graphic key you want.
— 3. When you want to change the color you are typing in to one of the
8 colors listed on the BOTTOM row of the face of the color keys,
press ~@ji£§ and the color key you want.
4. When you want to slow down a scrolling program display, hold
down the (HESB Key. The display scrolling speed slows down
considerably. When you release the key, the screen scrolling
resumes normal speed. (Hey, it can do something by itself!)