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On the left-hand side of the keyboard:

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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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key to get from column C to column D, the document moves to the left on the screen so that columns D and E come into view without the cursor position changing.

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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key, the document scrolls to the left so that the column headed 'D' comes clearly into view:

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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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 key to move the cursor to row 2.

You can now type the first name into slot A2.

Bell , A

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:

Bell , A        

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2 Ringway    
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Tring            
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Herts            
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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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 to give the Save command.

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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. A copy of the document will now be saved to the filing system.

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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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 commands to move across the document between columns to the left and right.

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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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 command. Then give the Mark Block command again. When you have completed the second Mark Block command, the entire table of names and addresses will be selected and shown highlighted on the screen. 

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The highlighted table of slots is referred to as a 'block', and several commands are available which will operate on an entire block of slots that you have selected.

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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 to select the command.

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Sort on column A

and press the 

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 key to perform the sort. (You can ignore the other prompts for the moment.

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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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 to give the Search command.

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Search only range of columns    Yes A

Then press 

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 to begin the search. The cursor will instantly find the name Hill, Max, allowing you to read off his address.

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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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 key until the PRINT menu is displayed. Select Print using the cursor keys, and then press 
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  to give the command.

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Print only range of columns Yes A C

Then press the 

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 key to start printing. Once this is finished, give the Print command again, this time specifying the option as

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