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Text cursor and management thereof |
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The text cursor is a vertical blinking hatch. It shows where the text, illustration or a table will be entered the next moment. The cursor height is equal to the current font height; if the italic typeface is enabled, the cursor is displayed inclined, if not — straight.
The text cursor is displayed in the working field of the text document immediately after its creation or loading. The paragraph in which the cursor is placed is regarded as current.
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In the field of a drawing or a fragment, the text cursor appears in a special marquee after running a command to create a caption (see section Creating a Caption) or tables (see Section Tables). |
The position of the text cursor on the current tab of the document remains unchanged when switching to other windows. When loading a document, the cursor automatically is placed into the text start position.
It is possible to move the text cursor both using a mouse and with the keyboard. To control the cursor, keys represented in the table are used.
Keys to control the text cursor
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<←> |
One position to the left |
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<→> |
One position to the right |
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<↓> |
One row down |
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<↑> |
One row up |
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<Page Up> |
To the upper line of the current window |
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<Page Down> |
To the bottom line of the current window |
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<Home> |
To the string prefix |
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<End> |
To prefix end |
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<Ctrl> + <←> |
To the start of the previous word |
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<Ctrl> + <→> |
To the start of next word |
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<Ctrl> + <↑> |
To the start of the current paragraph; if the cursor is at the start of the paragraph, then– to the start of previous paragraph. |
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<Ctrl> + <↓> |
To the start of next paragraph. From the start position of the last paragraph, the cursor moves to the end of this paragraph. |
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<Ctrl> + <Home> |
To the start of the first paragraph |
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<Ctrl> + <End> |
To the end of the last paragraph |
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<Tab> |
Movement to the right by a set tabulation value |
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<Enter> |
Start the next paragraph |
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<Ctrl>+ <Enter> |
Start next paragraph on a new page (i.e. insert a forced page break) |
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<Shift> + <Enter> |
Start a new string in the current paragraph (i.e. insert a forced line break) |
In using the <Page Up> and <Page Down> keys, the cursor is placed into the current position of the first or last string of the window, respectively. When navigating to the desired page using the Current Page field on the toolbar panel (see section Paging through the document) the cursor is positioned at the current position of the first line of the specified page.
When scrolling text using the mouse, the cursor position in the text remains unchanged.
In the text entry mode on the drawing, the action of keys applies only to the current text fragment (it is limited by a thin dimensional marquee). To switch to this mode, double-click the required caption. The cursor remains in the position where it was at the moment of mouse double-click.
