Apple IIe Personal Computer User Manual


 
ThinkTank Manual
EXISTS Open an existing outline
Command key: E
Command prefix: No
Location: FILES Command Menu
See also: FILES
ThinkTank displays the FILES Command Menu after you have
selected the FILES command and closed your current outline, or
when you start up the program. Select EXISTS to tell Think—
Tank that you want to examine an outline that already exists.
ThinkTank’s response to the FILES/EXISTS command depends
on your disk configuration. You can use the UTILITIES/DISK
command to change your disk configuration.
1. TWO FLOPPY DISK DRIVES
If you have two floppy disk drives and no hard disk
drive, the procedure is very simple. ThinkTank responds to
the FILES/EXISTS command with the message:
PRESS (SPACEBAR)
AFTER INSERTING DISK IN DRIVE2
Simply insert the disk that contains your outline in Drive 2
and press the space bar. In a few seconds you will see your
outline in the Text Area.
2. THREE OR MORE FLOPPY DISK DRIVES
3.. HARD DISK SYSTEMS
If you have more than two floppy disk drives or a hard disk
drive, ThinkTank responds to the FILES/EXISTS command by
displaying the EXISTING FILE Menu. Among the options are:
* BROWSE: ThinkTank checks your disk drives and
displays, one by one, the names or titles of the
outlines it finds. When it reaches the one you want,
select it by pressing RETURN. You may change
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