17 | 05 | 2012

Command List (Full Version)

This article lists all of the commands available in the full (registered) version of the WordStar Command Emulator version 1.4. The WordStar Command Emulator also customises the Word pull-down menus so that they closely follow the menus in WordStar 7.0d.

Keystroke Command
^A Word Left
^B Para Down (doesn't copy formatting as in WordStar)
^C Page Down
^D Character Right
^E Line Up
^F Word Right
^G Delete Right
^H Backspace Delete
^J Help (use with K, O, P, or Q to display help screen, e.g., ^JK for Block Help
^K] Edit Copy to Clipboard (also allows ALT+C)
^K[ Paste from Clipboard (also allows ALT+P)
^K? Word Count
^K' Convert to Lower Case
^K" Convert to Upper Case
^K. Convert to Sentence Case (auto selects sentence)
^K0~9 Insert Bookmark
^KB Block Beginning
^KC Block Copy to Cursor Position
^KD Document Close
^KF Toggle Full Screen Mode (Reassigned from enter DOS Command)
^KH Block Hide (Markers & Other Hidden Text Features)
^KK Block End
^KL Change Default Drive/Directory (Folder)
^KP File Print
^KR Insert File
^KS File Save
^KT or ^KO File Save As
^KV Block Move to Cursor Position
^KW Write Block to File
^KX Close All Files and Exit
^KY Block Delete
^L Repeat Find/Change Default Drive/Directory (Folder) if no files open
^OC Centre Paragraph
^OF Paragraph Style
^OH hyphenation
^OJ Justify Paragraph (Toggles Justified/Align Left Ragged Right)
^OK Open/Switch Window (Split screen view - use ALT+F,O for File Open)
^OM Change Window Size (Close split screen view)
^OP Print Preview
^P! Hidden Text Formatting (Custom Print Command)
^P? File Print Set-up
^P0 Insert Character (Windows Character Map)
^P= or ^P- Format Font (Colour, Size, etc.)
^PB Bold
^PD Reassigned Double-Strike to Double-Strikethrough
^PE Insert Symbol or typographical character
^PK Print Block
^PN Apply Normal Style
^PS Underline
^PT Superscript
^PV Subscript
^PX Strikeout
^PY or ^PI Italic
^Q0~9 Go To Bookmark
^QA Edit Replace (loads word at cursor as default)
^QB Go To Block Beginning
^QC End of Document
^QD End of Line
^QE Start of Window (Top Left)
^QF Edit Find (loads word at cursor as default)
^QG Go To Character - Next
^QH Go To Character - Previous
^QI Go To Page
^QJ Thesaurus
^QK Go To Block End
^QL Spell Check Rest of Document (starting at cursor)
^QN Spell Check Word at Cursor Position
^QP Previous Cursor Position (prior to jump scroll, go to, or find)
^QR Start of Document
^QR^QL Spell Check Global from Start (menu selection)
^QS Start of Line
^QV Cursor to Last Find/Replace or Block Position
^QW Repeat Scroll Up
^QX End of Window (Bottom Right)
^QY Delete to End of Line
^QZ Repeat Scroll Down
^Q+DEL Delete to Start of Line
^R Page Up
^S Character Left
^T Delete Word
^U Edit Undo
^V Overtype Mode
^W Scroll Window Up
^X Line Down
^Y Delete Line
^Z Scroll Window Down
 
Non-WS, but useful extra Commands
ALT+A Edit Select All
ALT+B Toggle Bold
ALT+C Copy to Windows Clipboard
ALT+F,O File Open (Windows standard keystroke)
ALT+K Insert Hyperlink (Was ^K)
ALT+S File Save
ALT+P Paste from Windows Clipboard
ALT+X Cut to Windows Clipboard
   
^KF Reassigned WS enter DOS command to Toggle Full Screen Mode
^Q. Delete to End of Sentence
^Q+END Delete to End of Paragraph
   
Note: Table menu reassigned from ALT+B to ALT+T to allow ALT+B to be used for Bold on/off