This article compares the commands available in the full (registered) and the trial (un-registered) versions of the WordStar Command Emulator version 1.4. The WordStar Command Emulator also customises the Word pull-down menus so that they closely follow the menus in WordStar 7.0d.
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Trial | Full | Â | Keystroke | Command |
X | X | Â | ^A | Word Left |
 | X |  | ^B | Para Down (doesn't copy formatting as in WordStar) |
X | X | Â | ^C | Page Down |
X | X | Â | ^D | Character Right |
X | X | Â | ^E | Line Up |
X | X | Â | ^F | Word Right |
X | X | Â | ^G | Delete Right |
X | X | Â | ^H | Backspace Delete |
 | X |  | ^J | Help |
 | X |  | ^K] | Edit Copy to Clipboard (also allows ALT+C) |
 | X |  | ^K[ | Paste from Clipboard (also allows ALT+P) |
 | X |  | ^K? | Word Count |
 | X |  | ^K'' | Convert to Lower Case |
 | X |  | ^K" | Convert to Upper Case |
 | X |  | ^K. | Convert to Sentence Case (auto selects sentence) |
X | X | Â | ^K0~9 | Insert Bookmark (only K1~3 in evaluation version) |
 | X |  | ^KB | Block Beginning |
 | X |  | ^KC | Block Copy to Cursor Position |
 | X |  | ^KD | Document Close |
 | X |  | ^KF | Toggle Full Screen Mode (Reassigned from enter DOS Command) |
 | X |  | ^KH | Block Hide (Markers & Other Hidden Text Features) |
 | X |  | ^KK | Block End |
 | X |  | ^KL | Change Default Drive/Directory (Folder) |
 | X |  | ^KP | File Print |
 | X |  | ^KR | Insert File |
 | X |  | ^KS | File Save |
 | X |  | ^KT or ^KO | File Save As |
 | X |  | ^KV | Block Move to Cursor Position |
 | X |  | ^KX | Close All Files and Exit |
 | X |  | ^KY | Block Delete |
 | X |  | ^L | Repeat Find |
 | X |  | ^OC | Centre Paragraph |
 | X |  | ^OF | Paragraph Style |
 | X |  | ^OH | hyphenation |
 | X |  | ^OJ | Justify Paragraph (Toggles Justified/Align Left Ragged Right) |
 | X |  | ^OK | Open/Switch Window (Split screen view - use ALT+F,O for File Open) |
 | X |  | ^OM | Change Window Size (Close split screen view) |
 | X |  | ^OP | Print Preview |
 | X |  | ^P! | Hidden Text Formatting (Custom Print Command) |
 | X |  | ^P? | File Print Set-up |
 | X |  | ^P= or ^P- | Format Font (Colour, Size, etc.) |
 | X |  | ^P0 | Insert Character (Windows Character Map) |
 | X |  | ^PB | Bold |
 | X |  | ^PD | Reassigned Double-Strike to Double-Strikethrough |
 | X |  | ^PE | Insert Symbol or typographical character |
 | X |  | ^PK | Print Block |
 | X |  | ^PN | Apply Normal Style |
 | X |  | ^PS | Underline |
 | X |  | ^PT | Superscript |
 | X |  | ^PV | Subscript |
 | X |  | ^PX | Strikeout |
 | X |  | ^PY or ^PI | Italic |
X | X | Â | ^Q0~9 | Go To Bookmark (only Q1~3 in evaluation version) |
 | X |  | ^QA | Edit Replace (loads word at cursor as default) |
 | X |  | ^QB | Go To Block Beginning |
X | X | Â | ^QC | End of Document |
X | X | Â | ^QD | End of Line |
X | X | Â | ^QE | Start of Window (Top Left) |
 | X |  | ^QF | Edit Find (loads word at cursor as default) |
 | X |  | ^QG | Go To (General) |
 | X |  | ^QH | Go To Character - Previous |
 | X |  | ^QI | Go To Page |
 | X |  | ^QJ | Thesaurus |
 | X |  | ^QK | Go To Block End |
 | X |  | ^QL | Spell Check Rest of Document (starting at cursor) |
 | X |  | ^QN | Spell Check Word at Cursor Position |
 | X |  | ^QP | Previous Cursor Position (prior to jump scroll, go to, or find) |
X | X | Â | ^QR | Start of Document |
 | X |  | ^QR^QL | Spell Check Global from Start (menu selection) |
X | X | Â | ^QS | Start of Line |
 | X |  | ^QV | Cursor to Last Find/Replace or Block Position |
 | X |  | ^QW | Repeat Scroll Up |
X | X | Â | ^QX | End of Window (Bottom Right) |
X | X | Â | ^QY | Delete to End of Line |
 | X |  | ^QZ | Repeat Scroll Down |
X | X | Â | ^R | Page Up |
X | X | Â | ^S | Character Left |
X | X | Â | ^T | Delete Word |
 | X |  | ^U | Edit Undo |
 | X |  | ^V | Overtype Mode |
X | X | Â | ^W | Scroll Window Up |
X | X | Â | ^X | Line Down |
X | X | Â | ^Y | Delete Line |
X | X | Â | ^Z | Scroll Window Down |
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Non-WS, but useful extra Commands | ||||
X | X | Â | ALT+A | Edit Select All |
X | X | Â | ALT+B | Toggle Bold |
X | X | Â | ALT+C | Copy to Windows Clipboard |
X | X | Â | ALT+F,O | File Open (Windows standard keystroke) |
 | X |  | ALT+K | Insert Hyperlink (Was ^K) |
 | X |  | ALT+P | Paste from Windows Clipboard |
X | X | Â | ALT+S | File Save |
X | X | Â | ALT+V | Paste from Windows Clipboard |
X | X | Â | ALT+X | Cut to Windows Clipboard |
 | X |  | ^KF | Reassigned WS enter DOS command to Toggle Full Screen Mode |
 | X |  | ^Q. | Delete to End of Sentence |
 | X |  | ^Q+END | Delete to End of Paragraph |
 | X |  | Note: | Table menu reassigned from ALT+B to ALT+T to allow ALT+B to be used for Bold on/off |
X | X | Â | Â | In the Evaluation version and early registered versions ALT+V clashes with the View menu. Therefore, use ALT+F, RIGHT ARROW to select View. Also ALT+B clashes with the Table menu -- use ALT+W,LEFT ARROW to select Table. |
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