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Using Softkeys as Typing Aids
Examples
The following examples are presented to give you ideas on how to
use softkeys as typing aids. There is an inexhaustible number of
ways in which you can use softkeys as typing aids. What is shown
here is, by no means, intended to cover all possible uses of
softkeys as typing aids; rather, they are intended to give you
specific examples while also encouraging you to think of ways in
which you can use these keys to perform repetitive tasks.
Example 1
Suppose that your daily responsibilities require you to type
something repeatedly. One such thing might be the date. You
might have to type memos that repeatedly use this date. Rather
than having to type the date over and .over again, you can enter
the date into a softkey, and then just press the softkey
whenever you need the date. Here is a way to do this.
EDIT
KEY 1 - UNDEFINED
September 30,1981
septe..berl
30,1981
D-4
fI
1) TYPE "EDIT- and PRESS SOFTKEY #1
2) TYPE IN THE DATE AND PRESS
SOFTKEY #1
Using Softkeys as Typing Aids
Examples
The following examples are presented to give you ideas on how to
use softkeys as typing aids. There is an inexhaustible number of
ways in which you can use softkeys as typing aids. What is shown
here is, by no means, intended to cover all possible uses of
softkeys as typing aids; rather, they are intended to give you
specific examples while also encouraging you to think of ways in
which you can use these keys to perform repetitive tasks.
Example 1
Suppose that your daily responsibilities require you to type
something repeatedly. One such thing might be the date. You
might have to type memos that repeatedly use this date. Rather
than having to type the date over and .over again, you can enter
the date into a softkey, and then just press the softkey
whenever you need the date. Here is a way to do this.
EDIT
KEY 1 - UNDEFINED
September 30,1981
septe..berl
30,1981
D-4
fI
1) TYPE "EDIT- and PRESS SOFTKEY #1
2) TYPE IN THE DATE AND PRESS
SOFTKEY #1