F13 Cut and Paste

The Cut and Paste function allows text to be cut from one place in a document and pasted in another (in the same document) or saved in memory. Cut text can be modified and/or saved for later use in editing sessions. See the Edit/Save option.

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The cut text can be pasted back in the original position, as well as being pasted in another place.

Once text has been cut, the cut text will be retained for pasting until F4, F5, F7, F8, F12, F14, or F16 is pressed.

Cut Text To mark the text that is to be cut, move the cursor to the start of the cut area and press F13. / <Cut> displays in the lower right corner of the window.

Move the cursor to the end of the cut area and press F13 again. / <Cut> displays in the lower right corner of the window. The cut text will be removed from the document and the cursor will be positioned at the start of the area that was cut.

When a cut is terminated by pressing F15 the Character/Graphic mode is activated. The display attributes and/or the colors of the cut text can be modified. Press Enter from the edit mode window to automatically overlay the cut text. See the Character/Graphics Mode Video Attributes, Graphics, and Color section in this document.

If the cursor is placed at the left-most margin of a line when the cut is started and ended, then it will be assumed that entire lines are being cut. Otherwise, it will be assumed that the start and end cuts are the top left and bottom right of a cut area.

Paste Text
To paste cut text back into its original position, press F13 after the text has been cut.

To paste text in another position of the document, move the cursor to the desired position and press F13. The text can be pasted in as many positions as required. Each time text is pasted, you will have the option to insert, overlay, or edit/save the cut text.

Insert will insert the cut text in front of the cursor line. Overlay will paste the cut text on top of the cursor column/row and subsequent rows for the length of the current text. Edit/Save will allow the cut text to be edited prior to pasting or saving the cut text.

Delete Cut Text Press F3, F4, F5, F7, F8, F12, F14, or F16 to delete the cut text. Once cut text has been deleted, another cut text block can be defined.

Edit/Save Cut Text
The cut text can be edited or saved by pressing F13 and selecting the Edit/Save option.

After the desired edits are made, the edited text can be saved in memory. Each cut text block will be given a sequential number starting at one. Saved cut text blocks can be accessed by any editing session prior to clearing the cut text (/<> C).

Position the cursor where you want to insert of overlay the text. Press F12 and type / <>n, where n is the number of the cut text block. Press Enter and the cut text block appears at the top of the screen. Press F4 and select Insert, Overlay, or Edit/Save.

To display the existing cut text blocks press F12, type / <>, and press F2. The system displays the cut text blocks and you may select one from this listing.

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