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                            Keyboard Equivalents


Some users prefer to do their program interaction via the mouse while
others prefer the keyboard. Those users who prefer keyboard interaction
are often frustrated by a lack of consistency among programs concerning
keyboard equivalents.

The following keyboard equivalents are universal among many platforms
(including Atari) and should be enabled in all cases where
a counterpart option exists in an application. Other keyboard
equivalents may be assigned as long as they do not conflict with one of
those already predefined. The use of the ALTERNATE key as a modifier in
a keyboard equivalent is discouraged because international users use
the ALTERNATE key to access special keyboard characters.

Menus

Menu keyboard equivalents should be notated next the menu item and
flush right (excepting one space) with the menu. The CONTROL key should
be notated by the caret, the ALTERNATE key should be notated by the
window closer character, and the SHIFT key should be notated by the up
arrow character. Function keys are notated "Fnn" and other keys are
notated as, for example, "Del", "Bksp", "Help", etc.

Menu items with a sub-menu attachment should not have a keyboard
equivalent. An example menu with keyboard equivalents shown correctly
follows:



Following is a list of defined keyboard equivalents:

Key Equivalent  Operation

ctrl-n          New

ctrl-o          Open

ctrl-w          Close

ctrl-s          Save as...

ctrl-shift-s    Save

ctrl-p          Print

ctrl-shift-p    Page Setup

ctrl-q          Quit

ctrl-x          Cut

ctrl-c          Copy

ctrl-v          Paste

ctrl-a          Select all

ctrl-f          Find

ctrl-r          Replace

help            Access help

shift-help      Engage context sensitive help. Pointer should change to
                arrow/question mark and help should be provided for any
                object clicked on.

undo            Undo last operation

Windows

When working with text-oriented applications, the following list of
keyboard equivalents apply. Keep in mind that CTRL is generally
a character-based modifier while SHIFT is line-based.

Key Equivalent     Operation

ctrl-b             Bold

ctrl-i             Italic

ctrl-u             Underline

ctrl-backspace     Delete word to left.

ctrl-delete        Delete word to right.

ctrl-arrow         Move to the left/right one word.

ctrl-clrhome       Move cursor to start of document.

shift-left-arrow   Move to the beginning of current line.

shift-right-arrow  Move to the end of current line.

shift-up-arrow     Move up one page.

shift-down-arrow   Move down one page.

shift-delete       Delete line.

shift-clrhome      Move cursor to end of document.

arrow              Move one character left/right.

clrhome            Move cursor to top of window.

backspace          Delete character to left of cursor.

delete             Delete character to the right of cursor.

When working with object-oriented applications, the following keyboard
equivalents are suggested:

Key Equivalent   Operation

arrow            Deselect current object(s), select previous/next object.

backspace        Delete selected object.

delete           Delete selected object.

tab              Deselect current object, select next object.

Disjoint/Group Selection

When in the context of a text-editing application, SHIFT-clicking on
a point should select the text from the cursor position to the point
clicked or add that region to a current selection (if one exists). In
an object-oriented application, SHIFT-clicking should allow the user to
select and deselect multiple objects.