Menu Operations; Pop-Up Menus; The Keyboard - Sharp OZ-5500 Operation Manual

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Menu operations

Another powerful aspect of using the Organizer is its menu
system, which can be used to quickly issue commands and
perform operations. Two universal menus, PREFERENCES
and TOOLS, are available from all applications. In addition,
all applications have a menu for functions and commands
that are specific to each application.
Pressing
MENU
once displays the application menu,
which contains the operations and commands specific to
the particular application. Pressing
displays the PREFERENCES, TOOLS and PERIPHERALS
menus.
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Pop-up menus

The Organizer's pop-up menus offer a convenient and
efficient method of selecting options from pre-defined lists,
similar to many of the latest personal computer application
software packages. Most applications and functions contain
some pop-up fields. When the user moves to one of these
fields, the pop-up symbol appears on the right of the field.
Pressing
causes the pop-up menu to appear,
˜
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MENU
successively
Items that are not
currently available
in a menu are
shown dimmed.
Indicates that there
is a submenu for
that menu item.
containing a list of options or values currently available for
that field. You can then select the desired item from the list,
without having to type any text.
In addition, all date fields function as pop-up fields.
Whenever a date can be entered, the user can press
to display the special pop-up one-month calendar. You can
use
and
NEXT
to select the desired month, then
PREV
the arrow keys to select the desired date. You may find this
more convenient than typing in the date directly, since the
pop-up calendar also shows the days of the week.
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The keyboard

The Organizer's keyboard has a standard layout, just like a
typewriter or computer.
a typewriter or computer, and
key.
Above the keyboard are the special keys used to start the
Organizer's various applications, work with the various
menus and control the cursor on the screen.
Symbols in white above a key such as ' or : can be
accessed by holding down
appropriate key.
˜
works just like the Shift key on
is like the Caps Lock
CAPS
and then pressing the

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