360 Systems Short/Cut Editor User Manual
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Controls and Displays
360 Systems
2. The Location Marks.
3. The position of the Zero Mark.
4. The position of the Edit In and Edit Out marks.
5. The position of the Cursor.
6. The On / Off status of the A
RM
buttons.
7. The S
OLO
status.
Note that any changes to items 1-3 are considered significant changes and cause the S
AVE
button to light. However, you can press S
AVE
to save changes to items 4-7 at any time.
Exit
The E
XIT
key performs several functions:
1.
E
XIT
will cancel (or abandon) some machine operations;
2.
E
XIT
ends an editing session and closes the file. A prompt "SAVE CHANGES?"
will appear if a File has been altered but not saved. The operator may then:
•
Press S
AVE
to save to the same file name and exit, or
•
Press A
LT
+ S
AVE
to save with a new File name and exit, or
•
Press E
NTER
to exit without saving; abandoning all edits since the last Save; or
•
Press U
NDO
to cancel the exit operation.
Find A File
The S
PACE
B
AR
doubles as a F
IND
key. This command can locate one File among many.
Press F
IND
, type the desired File name, and then E
NTER
. The F
IND
key can also locate to a
particular time position within a File that is loaded for editing. Simply press F
IND
and enter the
desired time position. Detailed information on using the F
IND
command will be found in the
General Operations chapter.
Alphanumeric Keyboard
The A
LPHANUMERIC
K
EYBOARD
is used for titling Files, for Find operations, and to enter
information for certain Menu functions. It also contains some special function keys:
•
The ten N
UMERIC
K
EYS
double as audio Hot Keys™.
•
The A
LT
key is used in combination with other function keys to give fast access to
specialized operations. The A
LT
key combinations will be found in the Q
UICK
R
EFERENCE
menu, appearing in all main menus. It is also reproduced at the end of the
Menu chapter.
•
The B
KSP
(backspace) key erases the character to the left of the present Cursor position.
•
The D
EL
(delete) key is used to edit title entries. It erases the character to the right of
the present position.