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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3147264" xml-lang="en-US" level="1" l10n="U" oldref="1"><link href="text/sbasic/shared/01030200.xhp" name="The Basic Editor">The Basic Editor</link></paragraph>
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<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3145069" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="3">The Basic Editor provides the standard editing functions you are familiar with when working in a text document. It supports the functions of the <emph>Edit</emph> menu (Cut, Delete, Paste), the ability to select text with the Shift key, as well as cursor positioning functions (for example, moving from word to word with <switchinline select="sys"><caseinline select="MAC">Option
</caseinline><defaultinline>Ctrl</defaultinline></switchinline> and the arrow keys).</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154686" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="31">Long lines can be split into several parts by inserting an underline character _ as the last character of a line. This connects the line with the following line to one logical line.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3151042" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="32">If you press the <emph>Run BASIC</emph> icon on the <emph>Macro</emph> bar, program execution starts at the first line of the Basic editor. The "Sub Main" does not take precedence on program execution.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3125863" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="4">Navigating in a Project</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3145785" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="6">The Library List</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3146120" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="7">Select a library from the <emph>Library</emph> list at the left of the toolbar to load the library in the editor. The first module of the selected library will be displayed.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3153190" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="8">The Object Catalog</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3148647" xml-lang="en-US" level="2" l10n="U" oldref="15">Saving and Loading Basic Source Code</paragraph>
<paragraph role="paragraph" id="par_id3154320" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="16">You can save Basic code in a text file for saving and importing in other programming systems.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="warning" id="par_id3149959" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="25">You cannot save Basic dialogs to a text file.</paragraph>
<paragraph role="heading" id="hd_id3149403" xml-lang="en-US" level="3" l10n="U" oldref="17">Saving Source Code to a Text File</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150327" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="18">Select the module that you want to export as text from the object catalog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3150752" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="19">Click the <emph>Save Source As</emph> icon in the Macro toolbar.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154754" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="20">Select a file name and click <emph>OK</emph> to save the file.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3147343" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="22">Select the module where you want to import the source code from the object catalog.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3145230" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="23">Position the cursor where you want to insert the program code.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3149565" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="24">Click the <emph>Insert Source Text</emph> icon in the Macro toolbar.</paragraph>
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<paragraph role="listitem" id="par_id3154020" xml-lang="en-US" l10n="U" oldref="33">Select the text file containing the source code and click <emph>OK</emph>.</paragraph>
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