Memory cells are a convenient way to keep commonly used or hard-to-remember commands available. They work like copy and paste, except that you can copy to any of 10 different slots and the contents are saved as part of your document.
Using memory cells
The contents of the memory cells are shown in the Memory palette to the right side of the editor. Each cell is listed in order from 1 to 10. The cells begin empty.
Copying to a cell
To copy content into a cell, select the content in the editor and then either hold Shift and click the desired cell, or right click on the cell and choose Copy from selection. The new content appears in that cell’s slot.
Pasting from a cell
To paste the contents of a cell, click on the cell. If you paste a cell while content is selected in the editor, the selection will be wrapped by the memory cell. That is, the selection will be moved into the first empty field of the pasted content. If the pasted content has no empty fields, it will replace the selection.
Clearing a cell
To erase the contents of a cell so that it is empty again, right click on the cell and choose Clear contents.
Keyboard access
For speed, you can use function keys F1 through F10 to access the memory cells. To paste the contents of a cell, press the function key of the same number: F1 for cell 1, and so on. To copy the current selection into the cell, hold Shift and press the function key.
On Apple notebook keyboards you may have to hold down a Fn key so that function keys work as function keys instead of performing system functions like “increase volume.” On PC keyboards the opposite is often true: holding FN while pressing a function key may perform a system function.