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Nota Bene DOS 4.5 Key Functions

(TABLES: Normal; Ctrl; Shift; Alt)

Key	Normal	Shift	Control	Alt	Key
Esc	Escape/Clear define		Reset fonts/screen		Esc
F1	Help: Menu	Directory	Front-matter menu	Assign phrase	F1
F2	Define: Begin/End			Append phrase	F2
F3	Open/edit deltas	View: Column screen adjustment		Phrase menu	F3
F4	Search	View: Margins	Orbis: Search menu	Change/Replace	F4
F5	Save file	View: Line spacing	Bibliography (x5)		F5
F6	Compose characters	View: Hide deltas ()	Ibid: Lookup menu	Character menu	F6
F7	Window menu		Index: 1st series (x7)	FilePad menu	F7
F8	Text <---> Action Line	View: Expanded mode	Index: 2nd series (x8)	Split window	F8
F9	Cursor to Action Line	View: Normal mode	Index: 3rd series (x9)	Cycle windows	F9
F10	Execute command	View: Page-line mode	Footnote: 1st series	Toggle windows	F10
F11	Swap characters	Swap sentences	Swap words	Swap paragraphs	F11
F12	Define line	Define sentence	Define word	Define paragraph	F12
Left	Previous character	Previous sentence	Previous word	Previous paragraph	Left
Right	Next character	Next sentence	Next word	Next paragraph	Right
Up	Move cursor up one line	Move to top of column cell	Screen scroll up	Scroll (other) window up by line	Up
Down	Move cursor down one line	Move to bottom of column cell	Screen scroll down	Scroll (other) window down by line	Down
Home	Move cursor to beginning of line	Move to first character on screen	Top of file	Previous tab	Home
End	Move cursor to end of line	Move to first character, last line on screen	Bottom of file	Next tab	End
PageUp	Move to previous screen	Move to last character, first line on screen	Previous page	Scroll (other) window up by screen	PageUp
PageDn	Move to next screen	Move to last character on screen	Next page	Scroll (other) window down by screen	PageDn
BackSpace	Delete previous character	Delete previous sentence	Delete previous word	Delete previous paragraph	BackSpace
Insert	Toggle insert mode	Style menu	Document Layout menu	Edit menu	Insert
Del	Delete next character	Delete next sentence	Delete next word	Delete next paragraph	Del
Tab	Tab	Move to previous tab	Enhanced centering	Indent to tab stop	Tab
Enter	New paragraph	Academic styles: Resume indentation	Academic Styles: Begin/end block quote	Carriage return, no indent	Enter
Space	Insert space		Toggle case	Nonbreakable space	Space
Gray +	Copy	Repeat copy	NB Clipboard window	Math: Add	Gray +
Gray -	Move	Delete (No save)	Cut defined block	Math: Subtract	Gray -
Break	Break a running process		Break a running process		Break
PrtScr	*	Stop print job	Print menu		PrtScr
- _	-	_	Conditional hyphen	Em/en dash	- _
= +	=	+	Context mode		= +
` ~	`	~	Smart quote		` ~
' "	'	"	Smart quote		' "
; :	;	:	Insert placemarker ()		; :
[ {	[	{			[ {
] }	]	}			] }
\ |	\	|			\ |
/ ?	/	?	Spellcheck word	Orbis: Lookup word	/ ?
, <	,	,		<	, <
. >	.	.		>	. >
1	1	!	Normal text	Phrase 1	1
2	2	@	Underline	Phrase 2	2
3	3	#	Bold	Phrase 3	3
4	4	$	Bold underline	Phrase 4	4
5	5	%	Italics	Phrase 5	5
6	6	^	Bold italics	Phrase 6	6
7	7	&	Superscript	Phrase 7	7
8	8	*	Subscript	Phrase 8	8
9	9	(	Overstrike	Phrase 9	9
0	0	)	DoubleUnderline		0
A	a	A		Phrase a	A
B	b	B		Phrase b	B
C	c	C	Lingua: Cyrillic	Phrase c	C
D	d	D	Cut defined block (= Ctrl+Gray-)	Phrase d	D
E	e	E	Lingua: Roman/Euro/English	Phrase e	E
F	f	F	Lingua: Manual font swapping	Phrase f	F
G	g	G	Lingua: Greek	Phrase g	G
H	h	H	Lingua: Hebrew	Phrase h	H
I	i	I	XPL: Insert pfunc code	Phrase i	I
J	j	J	"Go to" menu (= Ctrl+Pad5)	Phrase j	J
K	k	K	Lingua: Display keyboard diagram	Phrase k	K
L	l	L	Lingua: Set text orientation (left to right)	Phrase l	L
M	m	M	NB move (= Gray-)	Phrase m	M
N	n	N	Lingua: Select full Roman	Phrase n	N
O	o	O	Lingua: Open insert area	Phrase o	O
P	p	P	Copy (= Gray+)	Phrase p	P
Q	q	Q	Quick define	Phrase q	Q
R	r	R	Lingua: Set text orientation (right to left)	Phrase r	R
S	s	S	Swap units	Phrase s	S
T	t	T	Transpose character (= F11 or NumLck)	Phrase t	T
U	u	U	NB Clipboard window (= Ctrl+Gray+)	Phrase u	U
V	v	V	Repeat copy (= Shift+Gray+)	Phrase v	V
W	w	W		Phrase w	W
X	x	X	Middle of line (= Pad5)	Phrase x	X
Y	y	Y	Delete-no save (= Shift+Gray -)	Phrase y	Y
Z	z	Z	Repeat last (= Alt+Pad5)	Phrase z	Z
ScrLck	Define line	Define sentence	Define word	Define paragraph	ScrLck
NumLck	Swap characters	Swap sentences	Swap words	Swap paragraphs	NumLck
Pad /	/	/			Pad /
Pad *	*	Stop print job	Print menu (= Ctrl+PrtScr)		Pad *
Pad 7	Move cursor to beginning of line	Move to first character on screen	Top of file	Previous tab	Pad 7
Pad 8	Move cursor up one line	Move to top of column cell	Screen scroll up	Scroll (other) window up by line	Pad 8
Pad 9	Move to previous screen	Move to last character, first line on screen	Previous page	Scroll (other) window up by screen	Pad 9
Pad 4	Previous character	Previous sentence	Previous word	Previous paragraph	Pad 4
Pad 5	Move to middle of line	Move to middle of screen	"Go to" menu	Repeat "GoTo" action	Pad 5
Pad 6	Next character	Next sentence	Next word	Next paragraph	Pad 6
Pad 1	Move cursor to end of line	Move to first character, last line on screen	Bottom of file	Next tab	Pad 1
Pad 2	Move cursor down one line	Move to bottom of column cell	Screen scroll down	Scroll (other) window down by line	Pad 2
Pad 3	Move to next screen	Move to last character on screen	Next page	Scroll (other) window down by screen	Pad 3
Pad Ins	Toggle insert mode	Style menu	Document Layout menu	Edit menu	Pad Ins
Pad Del	Delete next character	Delete next sentence	Delete next word	Delete next paragraph	Pad Del
Pad Enter	New paragraph	Academic styles: Resume indentation	Academic Styles: Begin/end block quote	Carriage return, no indent	Pad Enter
Key	Normal	Shift	Control	Alt	Key