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ey phrases in your text by changing the style to bold, underlined or italics. This is achieved by selecting one of the highlight commands from the PRINT menu, or by typing one of the following highlight commands:

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On the left-hand side of the keyboard:

ESCwill normally cancel what you are currently doing, and go back to the most appropriate point just before.
TABis like the tabulate key on a typewriter. Use it for making columns of figures, or arranging tables.
MENUenables you to select which of the Cambridge Z88's operations you want to carry out. These are explained in greater detail in the section Using menus on p. 20.
INDEXwill return you to the Index from within an application.
HELPgives you a display of information about the action you are currently carrying out. Further information is then available on related topics.
Image Addedintroduces a short cut to calling an application or a popdown.
Image Addedintroduces a short cut for carrying out an operation within an application or popdown. A list of the most useful of these operations is given on the Single key functions card, above the Cambridge Z88 keyboard.

On the right-hand side of the keyboard:

DELrubs out the last character you typed at the keyboard.
ENTERis normally typed at the end of a line to confirm what you have just typed, or to go to the beginning of the next line, like the carriage return on a typewriter.
Image AddedImage AddedImage AddedImage Addedmove the cursor up, down, left or right on the screen.

 

This example shows how you can enter any type of information such as a library catalogue, a book index or bibliography, or a name and address list into the Cambridge Z88 using PipeDream.

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Finally press the 

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When you start a new sheet in PipeDream you are given six columns, each 12 characters wide. Although you can enter lines of text much wider than this in each column, it will make working with the name and address information simpler if, at this point, you make each of the columns in the document wider. You do this with the Width command in the LAYOUT menu.

Press the 

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key until the LAYOUT menu is displayed. The Width command may already be highlighted as it is the first item on the menu; otherwise use the cursor keys to highlight it. Then press 

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New width

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and press 

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Now move the cursor into column B by pressing the 

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Continue until you have set each of the columns A to F to a width of 24 characters. Notice that when you press the 

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Then move the cursor back to the left-hand side of column A by typing  

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Type the following headings, pressing the 

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key between each heading to move the cursor to the beginning of the next column.

Name     

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Address  

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Town      

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County    

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Postcode 

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Notice that when you type the word Town and press the 

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Move the cursor back to the left-hand side of column A by typing  

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. Press the 

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You can now type the first name into slot A2.

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Press the 

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 key when you have finished typing the name to move the cursor across to the address column, column B. Type in the address, remembering to press the 

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key between each item:

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TE1 2LM       

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Select the Save command by pressing the 

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key until the FILES menu is displayed. Press the  key to highlight Save. Then press 

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Type addresses as the name of file to save, ignoring the other options since you want to save the whole document, and press 

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First you need to specify which part of your document you want to sort. Move the cursor to slot A2, the top left-hand comer of the table of names and addresses, using the and keys to move up and down the document and the 

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 and 

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Now mark the bottom right-hand corner of the table of names and addresses. Move the cursor down to row 6 and across to column F with the   key and the

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Move back to the left-hand side of the sheet with  

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To sort the block of slots, use the Sort command from the BLOCKS menu. Press the 

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key until the BLOCKS menu is displayed. Then press the  key until the Sort command is highlighted on the menu, and press 

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Sort on column A

and press the 

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Select the Search command from the BLOCKS menu in the usual way: display the BLOCKS menu with the

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 key, and use the cursor keys to highlight Search; then press

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Search only range of columns    Yes A

Then press 

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To print out the information in your name and address list as an orderly table, select the Print option from the PRINT menu. Press the 

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Print only range of columns Yes A C

Then press the 

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