Tips For Downloading To Spreadsheets, Databases; Hypercard, Hyperstudio, E-Mail And Other Applications - Alphasmart AS Pro Owner's Manual

To finish the transfer process, save the word processing file on
the Macintosh. Once the text is saved on your Macintosh, you
can style, format, and spell check the file as you would any
other file in your word processing application.
To erase the transferred file from the AlphaSmart, press the
Clear File key on the AlphaSmart. The currently displayed
file will be deleted.
T I P S F O R D O W N L O A D I N G T O
S P R E A D S H E E T S , D A T A B A S E S ,
H Y P E R C A R D , H Y P E R S T U D I O , E - M A I L
A N D O T H E R A P P L I C A T I O N S
Because AlphaSmart simply retypes the data from your files,
you may transfer the text in your AlphaSmart to any applica-
tion that you can type into—not just into word processing
applications.
Other Programs
When in another application, simply put the cursor where
you want the text to go and press send. This can be in a
HyperCard, HyperStudio, or Digital Chisel text field, or when
using the text tool of a page layout program, or when using
an e-mail program. Wherever you would normally type in the
information, you can easily download information from your
AlphaSmart into that spot by placing your cursor in the new
application and pressing Send.
Spreadsheets
For spreadsheets, you need to do a special trick to get things
to work the way you want. Say you want to download the
following data that you already typed into your AlphaSmart
into your favorite spreadsheet program (with numbers sepa-
rated by tabs):
98l46l78k
75l89l100
If you put the cursor in the upper left cell and press enter,
here is what you will probably get:
10
The reason for this is that the return causes most spread-
sheets to drop straight down a row, instead of going back to
the left-most column of the spreadsheet.
An easy trick to fix this is to send your text to a word proces-
sor, copy it, then paste it into your spreadsheet. The paste
command will fix the problem and your spreadsheet will
look like this:
Note: If you are using TurboTransfer, there is no need to use the
above spreadsheet trick. TurboTransfer pastes your text into the
spreadsheet correctly, avoiding the problem.
Databases
The steps below work for transferring text to a ClarisWorks
database document on a Macintosh. Database programs dif-
fer substantially, so transferring to other databases may
require experimentation
1. Create your database in ClarisWorks if you haven't already
2. Create a tab-delimited record on the AlphaSmart by enter-
3. Open the database on the Macintosh in ClarisWorks.
4. Open a new empty word processing file.
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A B C D
1 98 46 78
2 75 89
A B C
1 98 46 78
2 75 89 100
done so, and set up your fields.
ing the data in the tab order of the database, entering a
return at the end of each record. The tabs separate the
fields and the return indicates the end of the previous
record and the beginning of the next one. Enter as many
records as you want in a single AlphaSmart file until it is
full—you do not need to save each record into a separate
AlphaSmart file.
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100
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