Database window: Menu File – New – Text (Ctrl-Alt-N)
Starts the database text editor with a new database text. You can also load an exisiting text and edit it.
Database text editor: Editor Mode (Ctrl-W)
After writing a text you can switch it to browser mode in which the text can only be read, not edited. In this mode links and embedded events are activated with a single mouse click (as in a web browser). In edit mode they require a double-click. Switch back to Editor mode if you want to make changes.
Keyboard functions
The ChessBase editor conforms to most of the normal Windows conventions with regard to typing and editing. The keyboard functions are very similar to those of the Windows notepad.
Ctrl + cursor left/right |
Jump one word left/right |
Home/End: |
Jump to beginning/end of line |
Ctrl-Home/End |
Jump to beginning/end of text |
Shift + cursor keys |
Mark text |
Shift + Home/End |
Mark text to beginning/end of line |
Shift-Ctrl + Home/End |
Mark to beginning/end of text |
Ctrl-A |
Mark entire text |
Ctrl-B |
Marked/following text bold |
Ctrl-C |
Copy marked text into clipboard (Ctrl-X cuts text) |
Ctrl-E |
Centre text |
Ctrl-I |
Marked/following text italic |
Ctrl-R |
Replace text |
Ctrl-S |
Save text |
Ctrl-U |
Underline marked/following text |
Ctrl-V |
Insert text from clipboard |
Ctrl-Z |
Undo last operation |
Shift-Ctrl-Z |
Redo last (undo) operation |
Ctrl-0 |
Switch to standard text |
Ctrl-1 |
Switch to main header |
Ctrl-2 |
Switch to header 2 |
Ctrl-3 |
Switch to header 3 |