Changing The Font Size; The System Font - Alphasmart NEO2 SmartApplet User Manual

Changing the Font Si ze
In AlphaSmart
Manager, you can
reset connected
NEOs to the system font
(four lines per screen). Click
the Settings tab, click
System on the left, and click
On behind Reset system
font to default.

The System Font

Follow these steps to change the font size:
1. Do one of the following:
• Press ctrl-option- -F.
• In the Control Panel, move the cursor next to Change default
SmartApplet font and press enter.
2. Use the arrow keys to move the cursor next to the font size you want to
use; then, press enter.
If you changed the font size with the keyboard command, you're returned to
the workspace where you were working previously. If you used Control Panel,
you're returned to the list of settings; press applets, then select AlphaWord
Plus to view the change in font size.
The four-line System font is slightly different from the Large font, which also
takes four lines per screen. The four-line System font is a "fixed-width" or
"monospace" font, and the four-line large font is a proportional font. With
fixed-width fonts, every character and space occupies the exact same width.
With proportionally spaced fonts, each character occupies only the space it
needs to display that particular character. So, for example, an
takes up more space than an
This illustration shows the difference between Neo's four-line fonts:
Large four-line font
(proportional)
System four-line font
(fixed width)
Note the different widths of the words "William," "ill," and
"lollipop" in each illustration
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