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PF keys summary

z/OS TSO/E Primer
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Table 1. Using the PF keys
To do this: Use PF key Or command
Get help:

To see more detailed information about a message or to get an explanation of what to do on a functional panel.

1 or 13 HELP
Scroll:
  • Up (toward the top or beginning)
  • Down (toward the bottom or end)
  • Left
  • Right

Use the scroll UP and DOWN PF keys whenever the information on a panel exceeds the vertical screen size. You can scroll UP to see previous information, or DOWN to see information that follows.

Use the LEFT and RIGHT PF keys whenever the information is too wide to fit on a panel. Also use the LEFT and RIGHT PF keys to move from panel to panel in the Information Center Facility on-line tutorial or in a series of help panels. The PF keys you need are displayed at the bottom of Information Center Facility help and tutorial panels.

 
  • 7 or 19
  • 8 or 20
  • 10 or 22
  • 11 or 23
 
  • UP
  • DOWN
  • LEFT
  • RIGHT
End or cancel a task:

To exit most panels without processing information, press the END PF key. On some panels such as an edit panel, press the END PF key to save and process information entered on that panel.

3 or 15 END
Return to the main menu:

To return to the main menu, bypassing all intermediate panels, use the RETURN PF key, unless you are on a help panel. If you are on a help panel, pressing the RETURN PF key takes you out of the help function. RETURN generally causes the same action to be performed as repeated use of the END PF key.

4 or 16 RETURN
Divide the display screen into two panels:

To divide the display screen into two panels, each of which can be used independently, use the SPLIT PF key.

The SPLIT PF key enables you to use two services simultaneously. For example, you could view a service on the top panel and tutorial information about the service on the bottom panel.

To learn more about dividing the screen, refer to Using split screen.

2 or 14 SPLIT
Move the cursor from one panel to the other in split screen:

To move the cursor from one panel to the other when the display screen is divided into two panels, use the SWAP PF key. You can do work only on the panel that contains the cursor. If the screen is not divided, SWAP does nothing.

To learn more about the SWAP command, refer to Using split screen.

9 or 21 SWAP
Repeat the previous FIND command:

The FIND command locates a string of one or more characters. Pressing the RFIND PF key issues the FIND command again and again to find subsequent occurrences of the string you originally found.

You can use the RFIND PF key in the EDIT or BROWSE functions of ISPF/PDF.

5 or 17 RFIND
Repeat the previous CHANGE command:

The CHANGE command changes a string of one or more characters. Pressing the RCHANGE command issues the CHANGE command again and again to change subsequent occurrences of the string you originally changed. You can use the RCHANGE PF key in the EDIT function of ISPF/PDF.

6 or 18 RCHANGE
Place the cursor on the COMMAND/OPTION line of a panel and retrieve the last command entered:

The RETRIEVE PF key moves the cursor to the COMMAND/OPTION line, and re-displays the last command entered. If no commands were previously entered, the COMMAND/OPTION line remains blank.

12 or 24 RETRIEVE

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