MISCELLANEOUS KEYS
Another important key is the Escape key 1 Esc
I.
When you press
it
once, nothing happens. When you press
it
twice or more, this graphic
appears
on
the screen:
~
. Press IReturn 1 and try again.
In
later sec-
tions you
will need to use the 1 Esc l key.
The
1 Breakl key
is
in
the upper right-hand corner. When you press this
key, the cursor drops one line and moves to the left margin.
In
the
chapter about
looping, you will learn how to use the 1 Break 1 key.
When you press the
~
,
1 Start I , 1
Se
lec
tl,
and IOptionl keys, nothing
happens. These keys are programmable and often have functions
in
software programs.
After you press the
1 Reset 1 key, the screen will turn blank for a second
or
two, and the Ready prompt will appear. The 1 Reset 1 key restarts the
system. You
should use this key very sparingly because,
in
many pro-
grams, the information that you are entering or have entered will
be
lost.
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