Highlighting Text - Canon Cat Reference Manual

Highlighting Text
There
is always at least one
highlighted character.
After
typing, it
is the character you
just
typed, usually
just
to
the
left
of the
blinking cursor. After
leaping,
it
is the
character
on which
the cursor
is
positioned (the first or
target
character
you
leaped to).
If
you
press both LEAP keys after
a leap, the
highlight
extends
to
cover
all
the
text from the location of
the
highlight
at
the
beginning
ofthe
leap to
the
present cursor
position.
Creeping can be used
to
adjust the
size
of
the
extended
highlight
as
described
below.
Hightighting
Recently Typed Text
Ifyou
start
typing after
a
leap,
a
creep, or even when the
highlight
is extended
(causing
the
extended
highlight
to
unhighlight), everything you type
can be
highlighted by
pressing both
LEAP
keys.
A
practical example illustrates how this
can be
useful.
Suppose
you
receive a
phone call
in
the
middle of typing
a
repon:
-
Press both
LEAP keys.
This extends
the
highlight,
and
when you begin typing it will
mark
the
beginning of
a
new
highlighted
area.
-
Begin typing
your notes. The instant you begin
to type,
the
extended
highlight
becomes normal-sized and your
typing
appears.
-
Press both
LEAP
keys when
you finish typing.
The
highlight
will
extend
to
cover the notes
you
have
just
typed.
-
Use [PRINT]
to
print
your notes. As
soon
as
the
highlight
collapses to
normal,
press both
LEAP
keys to rehighlight
your
notes,
and
press
[ERASE]
to
erase
them.
You now
have
a
printed
copy
of your
notes, and
your text
looks
the same
as
it did before you began typing
the notes.