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Marking Text

In this editor, blocks can exist independent from the cursor. In classic graphical text editors and wordprocessing applications, a block is a "big cursor" and the cursor is no more existing while a block is marked. The blocks here will only disappear if you click with the mouse again into the window, but not with Cursor movements by using Cursor keys.

Blocks created by Wordstar Ctrl commands have got different properties, they do not disappear even you click with the mouse into the window again, see Chapter Ctrl Commands - Block commands.

Column Block

To switch between column block mode and normal block mode, type Ctrl-KN or Edit - Column Block.

If you have turned Column Block on and mark a column of numbers, the numbers gets added automatically and you see the result in the title bar. Ctrl-U copies the sum to the cursor position.

To mark a column block with keys without switching to column block mode, simply press the Alt key in addition to Shift-Cursor keys; you'll return to non column block mode automatically.

The column block functionality works with clipboard content if the text contains lines with the same length. If column block is not activated, it asked whether to switch to column block mode or not.