Cursor Options

 

To locate the cursor at any time, press the Esc key. If a block is selected, pressing Esc clears the selection, and you will need to press Esc again to show the cursor position. A red arrow will show the location of the cursor. This arrow disappears as soon as you type any character. The same cursor-location arrow is also shown when switching between document views and when returning to an open document.

 

Cursor options can be selected from the Screen Settings dialog on the Tools, Preferences menu. To open this dialog, click Tools, Preferences, and double-click on Cursor. Select the settings you want and click OK and then click Close to close the Preferences dialog.

 

•The color, the width and the state (flashing or static) of the cursor can be changed. Changing these settings can make the cursor more visible on the screen. .
•An optional arrow at the top of the cursor can be selected to point in the language direction (left-to-right; right-to-left) of any new text that you would type at the cursor position. This is useful for Lingua users who use a right-to-left language such as Hebrew in the same document as a left-to-right language such as English. Note that this pointer does not indicate the direction of the text region where the cursor is positioned, but the direction of the newly typed text. For example, if you have the Greek keyboard active, but have the cursor in a Hebrew region, the arrow will point to the right, indicating that a keyboard for a left-to-right language is active, and that new text will be entered left-to-right.
•The mouse cursor (as distinct from the text insert cursor) can be hidden when typing/editing. The mouse cursor will be automatically redisplayed when the mouse is next moved.
•The above mentioned use of the Esc key to find the cursor can be turned on or off.

 

Any changes that you make are changes to your system defaults, and as such, will be in effect for all Nota Bene documents and will be retained from session to session until you change them again.

 

Overstrike Mode: Pressing Insert toggles between overstrike mode and insert mode. When in overstrike mode, the cursor will appear to cover the character, and Nota Bene will replace characters with new ones as you type. Press Insert again to return to insert mode in which new characters are inserted at the cursor with previously typed characters remaining in place. If you do not want the Insert key to take you to overstrike mode, that setting can be changed by going to Tools, Preferences, and selecting Typing from the Preferences list.