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Editing Keys
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Cursor-Movement Keys QBasic WordStar
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Character left Left Arrow Ctrl+S
Character right Right Arrow Ctrl+D
Word left Ctrl+Left Arrow Ctrl+A
Word right Ctrl+Right Arrow Ctrl+F
Line up Up Arrow Ctrl+E
Line down Down Arrow Ctrl+X
First indentation level of current line Home
Beginning of current line Ctrl+Q,S
Beginning of next line Ctrl+Enter Ctrl+J
End of line End Ctrl+Q,D
Top of window Ctrl+Q,E
Bottom of window Ctrl+Q,X
Move to next window F6
Increase size of active window Alt+Plus
Decrease size of active window Alt+Minus
Text-Scrolling Keys QBasic WordStar
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Line up Ctrl+Up Arrow Ctrl+W
Line down Ctrl+Down Arrow Ctrl+Z
Page up PgUp Ctrl+R
Page down PgDn Ctrl+C
Left one window Ctrl+PgUp
Right one window Ctrl+PgDn
Set bookmarks (maximum of 4) Ctrl+K,0-3
Go to set bookmarks Ctrl+Q,0-3
Text-Selection Keys QBasic
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Character left Shift+Left Arrow
Character right Shift+Right Arrow
Word left Shift+Ctrl+Left Arrow
Word right Shift+Ctrl+Right Arrow
Current line Shift+Down Arrow
Line above Shift+Up Arrow
Screen up Shift+PgUp
Screen down Shift+PgDn
To beginning of file Shift+Ctrl+Home
To end of file Shift+Ctrl+End
Insert and Copy Keys QBasic WordStar
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Switch between insert and overstrike modes Ins Ctrl+V
Copy selected text to Clipboard Ctrl+Ins
Delete selected text and copy it to Clipboard Shift+Del
Delete current line and copy it to Clipboard Ctrl+Y
Delete to end of line and copy it to Clipboard Ctrl+Q,Y
Paste the contents of the Clipboard Shift+Ins
Insert a blank line below the cursor position End,Enter
Insert a blank line above the cursor position Home,Ctrl+N
Insert special characters Ctrl+P,Ctrl+key
Delete Keys QBasic WordStar
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Delete one character to left of the cursor Backspace Ctrl+H
Delete one character at the cursor Del Ctrl+G
Delete the rest of the word the cursor is on Ctrl+T
Delete selected text Del Ctrl+G
Delete leading spaces from selected lines Shift+Tab