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 %Cpu3, ...’.  With a second ‘!’ command toggle two
              additional cpus are combined and shown as ‘0‐2, 3‐5, ...’.  Then the third ‘!’ press, combining four additional cpus, shows as ‘0‐4, 5‐9, ...’, etc.

              Such progression continues until individual cpus are again displayed and impacts both the ‘1’ and ‘4’ toggles (one or muliple columns).  Use the ‘=’ command to exit Combine Cpus mode.

       Note: If the entire summary area has been toggled Off for any window, you would be left with just the message line.  In that way, you will have maximized available task rows but (temporarily)  sacrificed  the  program
       name in full-screen mode or the ‘current’ window name when in alternate-display mode.

   4c. TASK AREA Commands
       The task area interactive commands are always available in full-screen mode.

       The task area interactive commands are never available in alternate-display mode if the ‘current’ window’s task display has been toggled Off (see topic 5. ALTERNATE-DISPLAY Provisions).

       APPEARANCE of task window

          J  :Justify‐Numeric‐Columns toggle
              Alternates between right‐justified (the default) and left‐justified numeric data.  If the numeric data completely fills the available column, this command toggle may impact the column header only.

          j  :Justify‐Character‐Columns toggle
              Alternates between left‐justified (the default) and right‐justified character data.  If the character data completely fills the available column, this command toggle may impact the column header only.

         The following commands will also be influenced by the state of the global ‘B’ (bold enable) toggle.

          b  :Bold/Reverse toggle
              This command will impact how the ‘x’ and ‘y’ toggles are displayed.  It may also impact the summary area when a bar graph has been selected for cpu states or memory usage via the ‘t’ or ‘m’ toggles.

          x  :Column‐Highlight toggle
              Changes  highlighting for the current sort field.  If you forget which field is being sorted this command can serve as a quick visual reminder, providing the sort field is being displayed.  The sort field might
              not be visible because:
                  1) there is insufficient Screen Width
                  2) the ‘f’ interactive command turned it Off

          y  :Row‐Highlight toggle
              Changes highlighting for "running" tasks.  For additional insight into this task state, see topic 3a. DESCRIPTIONS of Fields, the ‘S’ field (Process Status).

              Use of this provision provides important insight into your system’s health.  The only costs will be a few additional tty escape sequences.

          z  :Color/Monochrome toggle
              Switches the ‘current’ window between your last used color scheme and the older form of black‐on‐white or white‐on‐black.  This command will alter both the summary area and task area but  does  not  affect  the
              state of the ‘x’, ‘y’ or ‘b’ toggles.

       CONTENT of task window

          c  :Command‐Line/Program‐Name toggle
              This command will be honored whether or not the COMMAND column is currently visible.  Later, should that field come into view, the change you applied will be seen.

          F  :Maintain‐Parent‐Focus toggle
              When in forest view mode, this key serves as a toggle to retain focus on a target task, presumably one with forked children.  If forest view mode is Off this key has no effect.

              The toggle is applied to the first (topmost) process in the ‘current’ window.  Once established, that task is always displayed as the first (topmost) process along with its forked children.  All other processes
              will be suppressed.

              Note: keys like ‘i’ (idle tasks), ‘n’ (max tasks), ‘v’ (hide children) and User/Other filtering remain accessible and can impact what is displayed.

          f  :Fields‐Management
   

Title: Top Command: Task Area Commands - Appearance and Content
Summary
This section details the interactive commands available in the task area of the 'top' command. It covers commands that control the appearance of the task window such as justifying numeric and character columns, toggling bold/reverse highlighting, highlighting the current sort field and running tasks, and switching between color and monochrome displays. It also covers commands that control the content of the task window, such as toggling between command line and program name, maintaining parent focus in forest view mode, and managing the displayed fields.