› Ôèå Íåóóáçå¯Äåóãòéðôéïî Åäéôïò ›› The Carina II editor has a lot to offer.  The first thing that you need to keep in mind is that this editor automatically reformats text.  Because the BBS supports both 40 and 80 columns, the messages or descriptions that you type will be stored without RETURNs (also known as unformatted text).  When the message or description is displayed, RETURNs will be inserted in the appropriate places.  RETURNs will only be stored at the end of paragraphs, or when separating paragraphs.  All other RETURNs are stripped out.  For example, supposed you typed:››This is a›test of the›emergency broadcast›system.  This is›only a test.››while in the editor.  If you were then to [P]review what you had just typed, the following would be displayed:››This is a test of the emergency broadcast system.  This is only a test.›› Suppose you wanted the RETURNs to be stored, what could you do?  Well, if you'll remember, the RETURNs will be stored if you start a new paragraph.  The editor recognizes a new paragraph as a RETURN followed by a SPACE or another RETURN, so by placing a space before each line, all RETURN characters will be stored.  For example, if you wanted to make a list of items, you probably wouldn't want them to all run together.  By simply placing a space before each item, this can be avoided.  For example:›› The proper ingredients for a complete computer system are:›› A: A computer› B: A floppy drive› C: A hard drive› D: A modem› E: A printer›› Ãïííáîäó ÷éôèéî ôèå Åäéôïò ›› While in the message editor, Ctrl-W (i.e. while holding down the CONTROL key, press W) will delete the last word you typed on the current line.  Ctrl-X will delete the entire line.›› If you would like to center a line of type, place a Ctrl-C as the first character on the line you would like to center.  If you are in ASCII mode, this character will be displayed as a "+".  For example, suppose you wanted to center the phrase "This is a test".  You could do this by typing the following:››(Ctrl-C)This is a test›› When you [P]review your message, the following would be displayed:››This is a test›› You can also right-justify text by placing a Ctrl-R as the first character in the line you would like to right-justify.  If you are in ASCII mode, this character will be displayed as a "-".  If you were to right-justify the previous text, the following would be displayed:››This is a test›› When you are finished, or if you would like to make changes to your message, typing "/" after hitting RETURN will bring you to the message editor command prompt.  The last RETURN will be omitted from your message so that when you [C]ontinue entering text, you will continue on the previous line.›› The following commands are available at this command prompt:››› ÛÓÝave your message/file description› ÛÃÝontinue entering text› ÛÉÝnsert text› ÛÁÝbort message/description› ÛÅÝdit out a line/lines› ÛÒÝestart the message/description› ÛÄÝelete a line/lines› ÛÔÝitle (change the current title)› ÛÆÝind a word (with optional replace)› ÛÐÝreview text (no line numbers)› ÛÌÝist text (with line numbers)› Û¿ÝMenu (display these options)›› Éíðïòôáîô Îïôåó ›› When [C]ontinuing to enter text, you will be placed on the previous line.  If for some reason you find the need to make a correction on the last line you just typed, you may find it easier to [C]ontinue (which will place you on that line, allowing you to backspace over it (or use Ctrl-X/Ctrl-W), than it would be to [E]dit it.›› The [E]dit command effectively [D]eletes the lines you want to edit and then immediately does an [I]nsert at the line you specified.  This allows you to not only type "over" the text you are editing, it also allows you to type beyond that area - inserting any extra text directly after the edited lines.  This is quite convenient.›› When attempting to [F]ind a word, keep in mind that it will ONLY find words, it will not find sentences for instance.››