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Word doesn't provide a facility to track the cursor position. To implement this would need quite a lot of code and the insertion of markers every time you moved the cursor. ^QP will, however, take to to the start position of all navigational jumps except for ^QP itself, although this may be added later. A full description of the commands ^QP returns to is available here.
In WordStar you need to block mark an area of underlined text by typing ^PS at either end of the text. This could have been done, but would have added unnecessary complications and screen updates. The WordStar Command Emulator works in a subtly different way, as follows:
To underline a single word, place the cursor within the word and type ^PS. You can also use F8 to mark the start of a larger area, navigate to the end, and type ^PS to underline the whole block. This is a cross between WordStar and Word methods of working. If you change your mind, press ESC to unmark the block.
To toggle underline on/off as you type, type ^PS then the text you want underlined, then ^PS to continue in normal text.
The same applies to ^PB (bold), and ^PY (italics).
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In WordStar you need to block mark an area of italic text by typing ^PY at either end of the text. This could have been done, but would have added unnecessary complications and screen updates. The WordStar Command Emulator works in a subtly different way, as follows:
To italicise a single word, place the cursor within the word and type ^PY. You can also use F8 to mark the start of a larger area, navigate to the end, and type ^PY to italicise the whole block. This is a cross between WordStar and Word methods of working. If you change your mind, press ESC to unmark the block.
To toggle italics on/off as you type, type ^PY then the text you want in italics, then ^PY to continue in normal text.
^PI has also been assigned to do the same as ^PY.
The same applies to ^PB (bold), and ^PS (underscore).
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In WordStar you need to block mark an area of bold text by typing ^PB at either end of the text. This could have been done, but would have added unnecessary complications and screen updates. The WordStar Command Emulator works in a subtly different way, as follows:
To make a single word blod, place the cursor within the word and type ^PB. You can also use F8 to mark the start of a larger area, navigate to the end, and type ^PB to make the whole block bold. This is a cross between WordStar and Word methods of working. If you change your mind, press ESC to unmark the block.
To toggle bold face on/off as you type, type ^PB then the text you want in bold, then ^PB to continue in normal weight text.
The same applies to ^PY (italic), and ^PS (underscore).
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If the screen jumps or flashes during a block opertaion you are probably still using version 1.0 of the WordStar Command Emulator. In that version, when you used Copy, Move, or Delete on a block marked with ^KB and ^KK Word had to go and select (highlight) the block before carrying out the operation. This is the jumping you see.
Version 1.1 changes the way that the WordStar block operations work, which has stopped the jumping (except for ^PK as Word still needs to physically select the block for printing). If you are still using version 1.0 you should purchase an upgrade.
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