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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 the
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Enter the other names and addresses given below on lines 3, 4, 5, and 6 of your document in exactly the same way. Of course, if you prefer, you can compile your own list. If part of an address is too long to fit within one column, just keep typing; although you will not be able to see all the information in that column, it will be retained and you will be able to refer to it later.
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Select the Save command by pressing the
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key key until the
FILES menu is displayed. Press the
key to highlight
Save. Then press
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to 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 theand keys keys to move up and down the document and the
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commands 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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commandcommand. 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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Move back to the left-hand side of the sheet with
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BLOCKS menu. Press the
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key 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 to select the command.
We wish to sort the names and addresses into alphabetical order of the names, which are in column A, so type A to the prompt
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key 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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Search; then press
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to to give the
Search command.
The Search command displays a number of options which allow you to specify exactly what you want to search for, and whether you want to restrict the search to a particular part of your table of information. For example, you might want to search for the address of someone whose surname you had forgotten, but whose Christian name you knew to be Max. You would then enter Max against the first option:
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to 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 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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key key to start printing. Once this is finished, give the
Print command again, this time specifying the option as
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