About This Manual - Baum Pronto! 18 V4 Short Manual

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This manual addresses to end users of Pronto! The device has been shipped to you as a completely
assembled and tested device. In this manual you will find most information required to use your
Pronto!
The manual is a part of your device. Please read this manual with care and attention as it contains
important instructions and tips with regard to operating the device and its safety. Please keep the
manual always within reach of your device and do pass it on to a next owner.
This manual is in two parts.
Part 1 is aimed at beginners who have little experience of computers or similar technical apparatus.
The novice will be taken step by step through the processes of writing, editing, saving and deleting
text, and the retrieval of the date, time and battery strength – all in simple words and with
examples. Access to internal help and to the electronic manual files.
Part 2 is aimed at users who are already familiar with the basic Pronto functions and who wish to
learn more about its other functions. This is the real manual with a systematic structure describing
the apparatus itself, its general usage and more specific applications and functions in individual
chapters (word-processor, file manager, address book, planner, speech output, MP3 player,
calculator etc.)
For technical reasons we do not guarantee that applications, which use or need internet based
services are available at any time.
Part 2 is not available in print. You will find it on the installation CD or on the flashdisk of Pronto.
The given description of the applications and functions base on using any Pronto Organizer: either
Pronto! 18 or Pronto! 40 with Braille key board or with the normal keyboard (alphanumeric key
board resp. Qwert key board.
So this manual contains the corresponding shortcuts and key combinations to execute commands
or functions in Qwert mode and Braille mode.
All members of the organizer family Pronto! can be used in braille mode or QWERT mode to execute
commands.
You get braille mode
- Pronto! 18 V4: Use internal braille keyboard.
- Pronto! 40: Use braille key board module or switch QWERT key board to braille mode (FN+B)
You get QWERT mode:
- Pronto! 18 V4: Connect an external USB key board.
- Pronto! 40: Use QWERT key board module.
You find basic commands and shortcuts for both modes in the Chapter "General usage".
You find important notes of your safety in this manual directly after the table of contents.
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