Chapter 4: Creating and Editing Messages
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4.5.4 Entering Text
Type in the text using the keyboard then press the [enter] key to turn the
text into a field.
As you enter the text, you can press the [del] key to delete the character to
the left of the cursor.
To type lower-case characters, press and hold the [shift] key. For further
information about typing keyboard characters, see ‘Typing Keyboard
Characters’ on page 20.
NOTE: If you press the [enter] key, or the Left [ ] arrow key (in an
attempt to step back through the characters), or the [F1] key,
before you have finished typing, the text immediately turns into a
field. If you then attempt to continue entering text, the message
“Overlap: Press Enter to Edit” is displayed on the Status Line. See
‘Handling a Field Overlap Message’ on page 63 for further
information.
4.5.5 To Select a Field for Editing
1. In the Message Display Area, press the Left [ ] arrow and Right [ ]
arrow keys to move the cursor to any character within the field you
wish to edit.
2. Press the [enter] key.
4.5.6 To Edit a Text Field
1. Select the field for editing. To do this, move the cursor to any
character within the field, then press the [enter] key.
The field is highlighted and the cursor position is shown by the
flashing action of the character it occupies, see Figure 4-10 on
page 57.
2. Press the Left [ ] arrow or Right [ ] arrow key to move to the
character you wish to change, then overtype.
NOTES:
1. You cannot delete characters, or add characters to extend a field.
If you wish to do this, you must delete the whole field (see ‘To
Delete a Field’ on page 63) and start entering text again.
2. Avoid typing in excess characters as this results in text
‘wraparound’. For example, typing ‘ABCD’ in a field which
reads ‘ABC’ results in overwriting the ‘A’, thus the field would
read ‘DBC’.
3. See also NOTE under ‘Entering Text’.
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