The sequence editor has all the basic functions of a text editor, such as Font selection, Copy, Cut, Paste, Find ... You can format a text document with different fonts, paragraph styles.
Undo:reverses the last text edit command.
Redo:reverses the last Undo command.
Select All:selects the whole content in a text or a graphic window
Cut:cuts the selected text and store it in Clipboard
Copy:copies the selected text into Clipboard
Paste:pastes the content from Clipboard
Delete:deletes the selected text
Clear all:deletes the whole text in a text window
Find:finds a text
Replace:replaces a text by another
Next:finds or replaces the next occurrence.
Font:changes the font, style and size of the letters in a sequence.
Format:changes the formats of paragraph, tab, word wrap and bullet style.
The sequence specific editing functions are:
Uppercase:changes the selected text to uppercase letter.
Lowercase:changes the selected text to lowercase letter.
Sequence Format:groups the selected sequence to make it easy to read, count and compare.
By default, DNAMAN displays sequences in six columns and ten bases per column, or in one column with sixty bases (or amino acids). In some cases, you may want to arrange sequences differently. To format sequence:
1) Select the sequence you want to change.
2) Choose the Edit | Format Sequence command to open the Sequence Format dialog box.
3) Type a number in the Column number box to define the number of columns per line.
4) Type a number in the Characters per column box to define the number of bases or amino acids per column.
5) Click OK and then save this document.
The Edit | Font command allows you to change the Font, Style and Size of the letters of your sequences. You can format sequence in different styles by using the functions of Edit | Format Sequence and Edit | Font.