NEC PC-8201A - Page 42

Chapter 3
CAPS
BS
DEL
INS
PASTE
This key will lock when pressed to allow input of all
capital letters, as with any ordinary keyboard. The
locked the Q Key is bypassed when numbers or symbols
such as the period, parentheses, exclamation point, etc.,
are input. This means that-when you want to input the
symbols shared by the those keys you must manually
press the Key. The Q Key is unlocked by
pressing the key again.
The Back Space Key is used to erase characters directly
to the left of the cursor. If there are characters or lines
of text continuing past the point of the cursor position,
then those characters or lines of text will be pulled
backwards, and the characters before the cursor will be
deleted.
The DELETE Key is input by pressing the (g^ Key
simultaneously with the Key. This key is used to
erase characters at the point of the cursor position. The
characters are pulled backwards towards the cursor and
characters at the cursor position will be deleted each time
the key is input.
The INSERT Key is used with the BASIC mode. You
can access the INSERT mode by pressing this
key. While in the insert mode you can insert characters
into a line immediately before the cursor position. The
insert mode is deactivated by pressing a Cursor Movement
Key or pressing the Q Key again. Notice the cursor
change to a bar instead of a block when in the INSERT
mode.
The PASTE Key is input by pressing the Q Key and the
Key simultaneously. This key allows the con¬
tents of the PASTE buffer to be input.
Refer to Chapter 7 for explanations of the use
of this function in the TEXT mode.
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