NEC PC-8201A - TEXT Mode

Chapter 7
Editing of documents can actually be easy due to the commands
contained within the TEXT mode.
TEXT Mode
The TEXT mode may be selected from the MENU in the following
ways:
• By placing the cursor over the word "TEXT" and then pressing
the ^ Key.
* By placing the cursor over a selected text file name with the
".DO" extension and then pressing the Key.
When entering the TEXT mode by placing the cursor over the word
"TEXT", the following display will be on the screen of the PC-8201:
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If you want to modify an existing text file, enter the name of the
file (document} to be edited. If you create a new file, the name
that you wish to designate for the document is entered in response to
the prompt "File to edit?". If nothing is input and the Q Key is
pressed, the PC-8201 will return to the MENU mode.
The naming conventions for creation of file names have
' been described in Chapter 5.
Notice that the TEXT mode only has access to files with
the extension ".DO". The file type extension is assum¬
ed to be ".DO" if it is not input.
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