Copying or moving entries – Sharp OZ-5500 User Manual

Page 164

Advertising
background image

162

5.

Press

ENTER

if you want to store the original entry

with any changes you have made (including moving
or copying the selected text), or press

CANCEL

to

discard all the changes you have made to the original
entry. Note that even if you press

CANCEL

, the text

you selected will remain in the clipboard for you to
use.

6.

Move the cursor to the location where you want to
place the text, either within the same entry or in
another entry.

7.

Press

2nd

PASTE

.

The text you selected is now pasted into the new location.

8.

Press

ENTER

to store the amended entry with the

pasted text.

Pasted text is inserted into existing text regardless
of whether the insertion or overwriting mode is
selected. However, by highlighting some text
before pressing

2nd

PASTE

, it can be replaced

with the pasted text. Thus you can easily replace
one block of text with another by highlighting it
before pasting.

Pasted calculations can be performed in the Calc
application. However, only numbers and operators
can be pasted in the Calc application. Any text that
is pasted will be ignored.

Copying or Moving Entries

The CUT/COPY/PASTE operations provide a quick,
convenient way for you to copy or move an entire entry to
another location. Entries do not have to be in the same file
or even in the same application, since CUT/COPY/PASTE
work across virtually all applications.

1.

Select an entry that you want to copy or move in
Index mode.

2.

Press

2nd

CUT

if you want to move the entry. A

message will ask if you are sure you want to delete
the entry from its present location. Press

Y

to

proceed (or

N

to cancel the operation).

Press

2nd

COPY

if you want to make a copy of the entry.

3.

Press

NEW

in the application you want to move or

copy the entry to. You can also append the copied/cut
entry to an existing entry. Open an entry in Edit mode,
and move the cursor to the position where you want
to append the entry.

4.

Press

2nd

PASTE

.

5.

Make any necessary changes to the moved/copied
entry. Press

ENTER

to store the entry when you

have finished.

The entry you selected is now moved or copied to the new
location.

Advertising