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WordStar Command Emulator
Alphabetical Command List
(Version 1.4)

This list shows the commands available in the registered version of the add-in. See this page for the new menus. 

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

 
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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

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