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COBOL Norton Editor


Norton Editor is a text editor used for PDF

File commands

F3ESave and exit
F3SSave and don't exit
F3QQuit and don't save
F3NEdit a new file
F3XExchange windows
F3WWrite text to cursor
F3LLoad more of the file
F3AAppend a file
F3CClose the output file

Block commands

F4SSet a block marker
F4RRemove the markers
F4DDelete a block
F4CCopy a block
F4WCopy a block from window
F4MMove a block
F4LMark line (w/cr)
F4EMark to line end (no CR)
F4FFind a block marker

Cursor control

Left Pointer Move cursor left
Right Pointer Move cursor right
Up Pointer Move cursor up
Down Pointer Move cursor down
^Left Pointer Move cursor word left
^Right Pointer Move cursor word right
HOME Move to line beginning
END Move to line end
^HOME Move to file beginning
^END Move to file end
PgUp Move up a page
PgDown Move down a page

Delete Commands

<-- Delete character left
DEL Delete character right
^ W Delete word left
ALT W Delete word right
^ L Delete to line beginning
ALT L Delete to line end
ALT K Kill all characters on line
F4 D Delete a block
^ U Undelete text

Screen format control

F5LSet line length for word wrap
F5WWord wrap toggle
F5FFormat a paragraph
F5TSet tab display spacing
F5CSelect cursor type
F5DSelect display colour
F5IIndent toggle
F5KKey configuration
F5SSave editor configuration

Printer Commands

F7Print entire text buffer
F7Print block
F7Eject printer page (formfeed)
F7Set page size for printing
F7Set left margin for printing

Additional Commands

F1 Editor Help
F2 Editr status
F9 DOS command processor
INS Insert mode
F6 INS Replace mode (overstrike)
F6 G Go to line (by number)
F6 M Find matching: ({[]})
F6 T Test window for difference
F6 C Undelete text
^ P Put control character in text
^ V Flip case to line beginning
ALT V Flip case to line end

Search Commands

ALT F Find string forward
^ F Find string reverse
ALT C Continue find string forward
^ C Continue find string reverse
F4 F Find block marker forward

To make the search case-insensitive, terminate the string with esc, not return.

To search for a new line character, enter ^ return in the search string.

Search and replace commands

Forward search and replace:
  ALT F
  enter search string
  ALT F
  enter replacement string

Replace ALT by ^ for reverse search and replace.

Responses to search and replace:

 Y replace
 N do not replace
 * replace all
 space quit