The Document Editor

Access

To access the Document Editor, click a Technical Doc. or User Doc. button or option.

The Document Editor window allows you to enter or modify the text in a user documentation, or even display a report.

Menus and menu options in the Document Editor:

The Document Editor has four menus:

the Document menu,
the Edit menu,
the Options menu,
the Help menu.

DOCUMENT menu

Save

This option saves the text contained in the work space.

Export

This option opens a Windows system dialog box which is used to save the comment text under a new name.

Printer setup

This option opens a Windows system dialog box which is used to select and configure the printer.

Print the document

The text contained in the work space is printed in interactive mode.

Exit

This option closes the Document Editor.

Keyboard shortcut: Alt+F4.

EDIT menu

Undo modify

This option cancels the last modification made.

Cut

This option removes from the screen the selected text and keeps it available in the clipboard. It can be placed again later with the Paste option.

This option is not active when no text is selected.

Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Del.

Copy

This option does not remove the selected text from the screen, but copies it in the clipboard. It can be placed again later with the Paste option.

This option is not active when no text is selected.

Keyboard shortcut: Ctrl+Ins.

Paste

This option re-places on the screen the text placed in the clipboard by the Cut or Copy option.

This option is not active when the clipboard is empty.

Keyboard shortcut: Shift+Ins.

Delete

This option deletes the selected text.

Search

This option opens a dialog box which is used to specify a character string to be searched, possibly the character string replacing it and the way search or replacement is to be carried out.

Search forward

This option runs the search function which scans the text from the cursor to the end of the document.

This function uses the Search/Replace dialog box entries.

Search backward

This option runs the search function which scans the text from the cursor to the beginning of the document.