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5.6 Edit Menu

   

Most of the operations that manipulate cells in the sheet are done with Edit menu selections. To use this menu, select Edit from the menu bar.

Undo Undoes the last destructive operation performed on the spreadsheet. The Undo operation is context-sensitive and removes the most recent operation.
Edit Cell Switches into Edit Mode so that you can edit the contents of the current cell.
Select All Highlights (selects) the entire spreadsheet for use by the next operation.
Select... Highlights a range of cells to be affected by a subsequent operation.
Reselect Selects the most recent selection.
Named Range... Defines and manipulates named ranges.
Move Moves a selected cell or range of cells (including all data values, formulas, formatting and cell references) to a designated location, overwriting existing data in the destination range.
Copy Duplicates the contents of a cell block and writes them one or more times into a specified area of the spreadsheet.
Clear Erases all data values and formulas in a selected cell or range of cells.
Insert Inserts a row, a column, or a page break into the spreadsheet at the present position of the cursor.
Delete Removes rows, columns or page breaks from the spreadsheet.


Insert and Delete are discussed in Defining the Appearance of the Spreadsheet


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NExS User's Guide, Version 1.4.5
Grey Trout Software
11 April 1999