Edit Menu

  Edit Menu

This topic lists the options available on the Edit menu.

Copy

Copies selected text from the SecureCRT session A session is a set of options that are assigned to a connection to a remote machine. These settings and options are saved under a session name and allow the user to have different preferences for different hosts. window to the Windows Clipboard.

Paste

Pastes the contents of the Windows clipboard to the session window at the point of the text cursor

Copy and Paste

Copies selected text from the SecureCRT session window and pastes it at the location of the text cursor.

Paste as Quotation

Pastes text from the Windows Clipboard prefaced by the quotation character (usually ">").

Select All

Selects all the text in the active session window including text in the scrollback buffer.

Find...

Opens the Find dialog which lets you search the text in a session window and scrollback buffer. for a specific character string.

Print Selection

Sends the text selected in the session window to the printer. You can also do this by clicking on the Print Selection button  located on the SecureCRT toolbar.

Go to Session/Chat Window

This menu item reads Go to Session Window when the chat window is displayed and has focus. When selected it causes the focus to go to the session window.

When the chat window is displayed and focus is in the session window, this menu item reads Go to Chat Window and selecting it causes the focus to go to the chat window.

Clear Scrollback

Clears the scrollback buffer.

Clear Screen

Clears the session window.

Clear Screen and Scrollback

Clears both the session window and the scrollback buffer.

You can also automatically clear the session window when you disconnect To close a Telnet or other type of communication connection between a client and a server. from a remote machine by checking the Clear on disconnect option in the Session Options/Terminal dialog

Send Break

Sends a Telnet break to the session.

Reset

Resets SecureCRT the terminal A device usually consisting of a keyboard, a display unit such as a cathode ray tube, and a serial port used for entering and sending data to a computer and displaying any data received from the computer. Terminals are usually connected to a computer with a serial line or some other type of connection. There are many terminal types including VT100, VT102, VT220, and others. emulator. This option is useful for clearing incidental display abnormalities (e.g., accidental display of binary data).