After entering FOCUS, to enter the TED environment and begin creating or editing files, issue the command

TED

at the FOCUS command prompt, followed by the name of the sequential file you want to edit or create.

Issue the following command:

TED FOCEXEC(member)

or

TED name 

See z/OS Guide to Operations, for more information.

You can also use TED to enter and edit fields with a text (TX) format. In this case, TED is entered in a MODIFY request (see the Maintaining Databases manual).