About Entering Text - Pitney Bowes DM125 Operator's Manual

About Entering Text

When is Text Entry Used?
Text is entered for these functions:
International mail (selecting a country)
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Entering Canada and UK Postal Codes
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Naming a Custom Preset
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Naming an Account in the Departmental Accounting feature
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How is Text Entry Done?
Text entry is done via the numeric keypad in a fashion similar to current cell phone text entry. Each key, 2
through 9, has three or four letters displayed above it.
There is no dedicated key to switch between alpha and numeric mode. On those screens (and only those
screens) where either an alpha or numeric character may be entered (e.g. preset names, postal codes,
account names), press a numeric key to cycle through the 4 possibilities for that key. For example,
pressing the "2" numeric key cycles through "2" - "A" - "B" - "C". Extended character sets are provided for
foreign markets on a country-by-country basis. In those cases, a numeric key may be pressed more than
four times to cycle through the complete character set associated with a key.
If you wish to enter two consecutive alpha characters that are located on the same numeric key (such as
"DE"), you must wait for the cursor to automatically move right to the second character's position before
entering the second character. There is about a 1-second delay following an alpha entry before the
cursor moves one position to the right.
Postal Codes
In postal codes, all alpha characters are uppercase. For non-US postal codes that follow a fixed format of
alpha and numeric characters, only the appropriate alpha or numeric in each specific position is allowed.
Pitney Bowes Operator Guide February, 2017
How to Enter Text
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