
Status Box
The left column of information relates to the plot display as follows:  

Ship:  refers to your ship's heading with a 360-degree radius.

View:  gives the view point in degrees, and allows it to be rotated within
the set area of the map. The number to the right of "DEG" is the rate of 
change for the increment of degrees that you can change the view. The 
minimum is 1 degree, the default is 15 degrees and the maximum is 45 
degrees. This allows you to rotate your view to a different area of the 
display at a faster or slower rate. When in a heated situation you will 
want to be able to swing your view in the desired direction to see the 
approaching enemy target. The keyboard commands to change view are as 
follows:

   Enter "Shift-," (<)  to decrease rotation increment 1 degree
   Enter "Shift-." (>)  to increase rotation increment 1 degree
   Press ","            to decrease the view angle by the rotation
                            increment
   Press"."             to increase the view angle by the rotation
                            increment
   Press "-"            to decrease view range increment 1 degree
   Press "+" or "="     to increase view range increment 1 degree
   Press "/"            to increase view range and view range increment
   Enter "Shift-8" (*)  to decrease view range and view range increment

