Text Assist (SBCS only)

With Personal Communications, you can use the improved text editing capability of Text Assist provided by the OfficeVision/400™ word processing function to create a document or short messages, or to edit an existing document.

To start the text assist function, enter WRKDUC on the 5250 command line.

For more information about using Text Assist, refer to the documentation for the OfficeVision/400™ program.

The Text Assist function in Personal Communications is a Controller Text Assist, not the PC Text Assist supported by PC Support/400 Workstation Feature.

Controller Text Assist in Personal Communications provides the following functions that are not included in PC Text Assist:
  • Line commands
  • 132 columns

Controller Text Assist in Personal Communications does not, however, provide the multicolumn edit function that is included in PC Text Assist.

Note:
In the Text Assist environment, Alt key functions are assigned to the Ctrl key state to avoid conflicts with existing emulator functions. For example, the Word Underscore (WrdUnd) key is Ctrl+W rather than Alt+W. Many of these functions can be remapped to the Alt key state without conflicting with emulator functions.

When you draw a line using the cursor draw option of the OfficeVision/400™ program, the insert mode is not available.

iSeries, eServer i5, or System i5 Software Requirements

The iSeries™, eServer™ i5, or System i5™ must have one of the following programs installed to support the Text Assist features:
  • OS/400® V2R2.0 with cumulative PTF C3285220 with PTF SF14687
  • OS/400® V2R3.0 with PTF SF14495
  • OS/400® V3R0.5
  • OS/400® V3R1.0, or later
  • i5/OS™