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      <div class="title_topic4" id="xps10_pagetitle">Displaying Information</div>
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      <p class="para_topic">You can display information about many objects from the <b class="uiTerm">Information</b> menu. NX displays this information to an Information window. The Information window is sometimes referred to as the &quot;Listing Window&quot;.
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      <div class="title_division">Using the Information window</div>
      <p class="para_division">To open and close the Information window:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Click <img align="bottom" src="graphics/uiu_info_icon.gif" border="0"> on the <b class="uiTerm">Standard</b> toolbar, or
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            <p class="para_item">Press the &lt;F4&gt; key. These methods do not clear the contents of the window.</p>
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      <p class="para_division">To clear the contents of the Information window but leave it open:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">On the Information window, select <b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Select All</b> and then press <b class="uiTerm">Delete</b>.
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      <p class="para_division">To close the Information window and clear its contents:</p>
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            <p class="para_item">Select <b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Exit</b> on the Information window, or
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            <p class="para_item">Click the x icon in the window's upper right-hand corner.</p>
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      <div class="title_division">Aborting a Long Listing</div>
      <p class="para_division">If the text listing in the informatioin window takes a long time to display you can abort it. To do so, use the &lt;Ctrl&gt;&lt;Shift&gt;&lt;L&gt; key sequence or use the Work in Progress dialog on Windows.</p>
      <div class="title_division">Information Window File Menu</div>
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               <p class="para_th">To</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Do This</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Print the contents of the Information Window to the default printer.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Print</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Erase the contents of the Information Window (UNIX Only).</p>
            </td>
            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Clear</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Save the contents of the Information Window to an ASCII text file. Default extension is .TXT.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Save As</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Close the Information Window without clearing the contents (UNIX Only).</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Close</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Close the Information Window and clear its contents.</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">File</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Exit</b></p>
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               <p class="para_th">To</p>
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               <p class="para_th">Do This</p>
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               <p class="para_td">Remove text.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Cut</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Copy text.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Copy On UNIX</b>, also MB1
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               <p class="para_td">Paste text from the clipboard into a window. Numbers may be truncated. If you need an exact value, see <a class="links" href="javascript:void(0)" onclick="top.popUpPage('intro_to_nx/linkInter_target_not_resolved.html#shared_func:preferences_prf_ui_number_r:-aux,-home','linkInter','menubar=yes,status=yes,resizable=yes,toolbar=yes,scrollbars=yes,location=no,directories=no');return(false);">Numbers</a>.
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Paste On UNIX</b>, also MB2
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               <p class="para_td">Delete text (Windows).</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Delete</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Highlight all the text in the Information Window (Windows).</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Select All</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Find text in the Information Window.</p>
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               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Find</b></p>
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               <p class="para_td">Find the next occurrence of the text the Find option.</p>
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            <td bgcolor="#f4f4f4" colspan="1" rowspan="1" valign="top">
               <p class="para_td"><b class="uiTerm">Edit</b>&rarr;<b class="uiTerm">Find Next</b></p>
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                  <p class="para_note_body">On Windows, to display the edit options, highlight text and then press MB3.</p>
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