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Edit Settings

The way in which data or text is copied or pasted from a session depends upon the Edit settings. In the Edit Settings dialog box, you can specify options that include:

  • Copying to protected fields

  • Copying to unprotected fields

  • Replacing cut or cleared text with space or NULL characters

  • Pasting as text rows, with or without word wrap to keep from truncating data

  • Pasting field by field (or in "blocks"), which can help get an accurate "fit" from the copied space to the pasting space

  • A character or characters with which to replace tabs when pasting tab-delimited information

Table 108 Edit Menu Commands/Settings

Settings

Description

Undo

Reverses any editing action you perform, such as deleting a keystroke.

Cut

Removes selected text from the session and stores it in the Clipboard.

Copy

Stores the selected text on the Clipboard, but leaves the selected text unchanged in the display.

Cut and Append

Removes selected text from a session and appends it to the existing contents of the Clipboard.

NOTE:You can only append information to the Clipboard within a single session. You cannot append information from one session and then append additional information from another session to the Clipboard.

Copy and Append

Adds the selected text from a session to the existing contents of the Clipboard but leaves the selected text unchanged in the display.

NOTE:You can only append information to the Clipboard within a single session. You cannot append information from one session and then append additional information from another session to the Clipboard.

Paste

Places the contents of the Clipboard into the display session at the cursor position (or into the selected area), subject to the Edit Settings specifications.

Paste Continue

Pastes the remaining portion of the contents of the Clipboard, if a Clipboard item is larger than the destination host screen.

Clear

Removes selected text from the session without storing it in the Clipboard.

Select All

Selects the entire contents of the current session display, making it available for cutting, copying, or clearing.

Settings

Opens the Settings dialog box, with the Edit Settings selected. Use this dialog box to set Copy, Paste, and Cut/Clear options.

To access the Edit Settings dialog box

  1. From the Edit menu, choose Settings.

  2. From the Options menu, choose Settings, then click the Edit category.