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Tuesday, 14 August 2012

DOS tips

>Open the Command Prompt window. 

>Right-click the title bar of the command prompt window, and then click Properties. 

>On the Options tab, under Edit Options, select the QuickEdit Mode check box if it isn't already selected, and then click OK. 

>In the Apply Properties To Shortcut dialog box, click either of the following: 

>Apply properties to current window only to use QuickEdit mode in the current window. 
>Modify shortcut that started this window to apply QuickEdit mode every time you start the MS-DOS-based program. 

>Click OK. 
>Click and drag the mouse pointer over the text you want to copy in the command prompt window. 

>Position the cursor where you want the text to be inserted, and then do either of the following: 

>In an MS-DOS-based program, right-click the title bar, click Edit, and then click Paste. 
>In a Windows-based program, click the Edit menu, and then click Paste.

Notes

>QuickEdit mode is not available in all MS-DOS-based programs. 

>You cannot paste text into a command prompt window or MS-DOS-based program when it is running in a full screen. 

Select a TrueType font to use in the command prompt

Some languages require you to use a TrueType font when you type characters at the command prompt. To select a TrueType font, follow these steps:

>Open Command Prompt, if you have not already done so. 

>On the System menu, click Properties. 

>On the Font tab, under Font, click a TrueType font, such as Lucida Console, and then click OK. 

>In the Apply Properties To Shortcut dialog box, do one of the following: 

>To use the TrueType font for only this session, click Apply properties to current window only. 

>To always use the TrueType font you selected, click Modify shortcut that started this window. 

Note

To open a command prompt, click Start, point to All Programs, point to Accessories, and then click Command Prompt. or Start-> Run-> CMD

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