The Display Area
-->`General`
What is it?
The area or window where you see this text is called Display Area. 
Various things can be displayed here:

Records
Every time a record is accessed via the index or a brief display, it will be shown in this area. The [Display] button toggles between the normal and the internal display (showing the data fields as internally stored).

Help texts
	These are RTF type text files. Editable with the Wordpad program.
 
Brief listings
of  `result sets` are normally presented in a result set window. This has a [List] button to copy the list into the display area. Here, you can use cut-and-paste to transfer the list or parts thereof to other programs.

Index sections
The `Index window` too has a [List] button. This will copy 50 lines (or any other number) into the display.

What can you do with the display area?
You can 

•	write (if the necessary flag was set in the INI file)

•	print : The printer button sends the current content of the display window to the printer.

•	select : Use your mouse or keyboard (Shift + arrow keys) to make a selection, then Strg+c to copy into the clipboard. The right mouse key brings up a context menu to activate the clipboard functions but text attributes.

•	click: with the left mouse key whenever you see a "flip" (mostly blue and underlined),  the flip will then activate a function or bring up another text. 

•	save : the current content of the display area can be saved as a file via the "File" menu and "Save display as ...".

For Insiders: Why iss the display area an RTF window and not an HTML window?
There are 3 reasons:
1. A HTML window does not permit writing and are not well-suited for cut-and-paste
2. RTF files can be created and edited with other programs, most preferably WordPad. 
3. For  HTML one would have to have the Internet Explorer installed.

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