^                      Character Attributes
 
  Purpose
 
    The ^ character is an escape character used to enter special
    characters and character attributes--such as boldface, underlined,
    and reverse video.
 
  Format
 
     ^b       Bold attribute
     ^n       Normal attribute
     ^r       Reverse video attribute
     ^u       Underline (different color on color screen)
     ^^       Display the ^ character
 
     ^Axx          Turn on attribute specified by the hexadecimal number xx
     ^Cxx          Display character specified by the hexadecimal number xx
 
    The letters can be either uppercase or lowercase; for example, ^b or
    ^B.
 
  Description
 
    The caret character is used for two different purposes: to change
    character attributes (for example, bold or underline); and to display
    special characters (for example, the symbol for ASCII 9, which is
    normally treated as a Tab, rather than displayed).
 
  Setting Character Attributes
 
    You can include underline, bold, reverse video and other attributes
    in the text of both long and short entries by surrounding the text
    with the desired caret-character pair. For example, the following
    line would appear in the Guides window in bold:
     ^bThis line is boldface.^b
 
       Note:    You should actually type the caret character (the shifted
                6 key), rather than holding down the Ctrl key and typing
                the letter. (If you actually want the characters ^B to
                appear in the text, rather than turning on boldface, type
                two carets: ^^B.)
 
    Only one attribute can be on at a time. For example, if bold is on,
    turning on underline automatically turns off bold. Attributes are
    also automatically turned off at the end of each line.
 
    Only four attributes--normal, bold, underline, and reverse video--are
    defined for all monitors; these attributes are translated to display
    reasonably on all monitors.
 
    In addition to these four attributes, you can insert any arbitrary
    attribute using the ^Axx sequence, where xx is the hexadecimal value
    of the attribute you wish to set. Unlike the basic attributes, ^Axx
    attributes; are not translated for the different monitors. This means
    that attributes visible as colors on a color screen may not appear at
    all on a monochrome display.
 
  Displaying Special Characters
 
    The ^Cxx sequence displays any ASCII character. This is useful when
    you want to display a character that you can't enter with your word
    processor. For example, ASCII 13 is normally interpreted as carriage
    return. The IBM PC can display ASCII 13 as a musical note, however.
    To display the musical note, use   (0D hex = 13 decimal). Other
    characters that are often hard to enter are   (Backspace),  
    (Tab),   (Line Feed).