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'ORTHO

Constrains cursor movement to the horizontal or vertical directions.

ORTHO affects pointer movement, but not keyboard entry.

Horizontal is defined as parallel to the X axis; vertical is parallel to the Y axis.

You can toggle ORTHO to be ON or OFF by pressing the F8 function key, or by double-clicking ORTHO on the status bar.

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