Notebook Basics

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Dashboard

• "Home Page" or "Landing Page" for notebooks
  • listing of available notebook
  • starting point to create new notebooks
• Location for controlling notebooks
  • check box selection
    • stop running notebooks
      • see "Running" tab
    • delete notebooks
• Refresh
  • if notebooks are added "externally"

Notebook User Interface

• Menu Bar
• Tool Bar
• Notebook area that contains cells

Modal Editor

• Command Mode
  • Blue cell border
  • Enter command mode via 'ESC' key
• Edit Mode
  • Green cell border
  • cell acts like a text editor
  • Enter edit mode via 'ENTER' key
• Execute a cell
  • 'SHIFT ENTER' key combination

Keyboard Navigation and Shortcut Keys

• command palette tool icon
  • has search capability ### Common Navigation
• Save notebook: 'CTRL' + s
• Create cell above current cell: 'ESC' + a
• Create cell below current cell: 'ESC' + b
• Delete current cell: 'ESC' + d + d
• Cell editing
  • copy: 'CTRL' + c
  • cut: 'CTRL' + x
  • paste: 'CTRL' + v
  • undo: 'CTRL' + z

Menu Bar

• File
  • Rename
  • Save and checkpoint; 'CTRL' + s
  • Print Preview
  • New Notebook
• Cell
  • Run All
• Help
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