Comparison of WordStar 2000
and WordStar Commands

This list only shows a selection of the commands of both WordStar for DOS and WordStar 2000 for DOS as a comparason.

                             WordStar 2000  WordStar
  Cursor left character          ^S            ^S
  Cursor right character         ^D            ^D
  Cursor down line               ^X            ^X
  Cursor up line                 ^E            ^E
  Cursor left word               ^A            ^A
  Cursor right word              ^F            ^F
  Cursor beginning of line       ^CL           ^QS
  Cursor end of line             ^CR           ^QD
  Cursor top of screen           ^CH           ^QE
  Cursor bottom of screen        ^CX           ^QX
  Scroll down one line           ^W            ^W
  Scroll up one line             ^Z            ^Z
  Scroll down one screen         ^CD           ^C
  Scroll up on screen            ^CU           ^R
  Delete character left          Del/^RC       Del
  Delete character right                       ^G
  Delete word right              ^RW           ^T
  Delete line left               ^RL           ^QDel
  Delete line right              ^RR           ^QY
  Delete entire line             ^RE           ^Y
  Tab                            ^I            ^I
  Insert CR                                    ^N
  Insert CR or go to next line   CR            CR
  Block beginning                ^BB           ^KB
  Block end                      ^BE           ^KK
  Block copy                     ^BC           ^KC
  Block move                     ^BM           ^KV
  Block delete                   ^BR           ^KY

WordStar 2000 uses ^C for 'Cursor' commands, ^R for 'Remove', and ^B for 'Block', whereas WordStar for DOS used ^Q for 'Quick cursor movement', no special command modifier for deletions, and ^K for 'blocK'.

Copyright © 2002 Michael Petrie, United Kingdom.