Videonics PowerScript PS4000S Instruction Manual page 20

Chapter 1
Control Keys
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Enter Keys
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PowerScript control keys provide shortcuts to menus, options, and other features. For
example, to access the Copy option on the CLIP menu, you normally display the menu,
then click the option. Using control keys, you can do the same task by typing a couple of
keys on the keyboard—much more efficient and considerably faster.
You enter control keys by pressing certain keys in combination with other keys. For
example, when you press and hold down the key labeled Ctrl, then type the letter C, it is
the same as displaying the CLIP menu and clicking the Copy option.
This manual identifies control key combinations by separating the keys with the plus (+)
symbol. For example, the Ctrl and C key combination above is expressed as Ctrl+C. Sim-
ilarly, a combination of three keys would be expressed as Ctrl+Shift+F1.
Some control keys do not actually include the Ctrl key—for example, entering Shift+Esc
closes all menus currently on the screen. These are still identified as control keys.
The PowerScript Quick Reference Card lists all available control keys. The keyboard
template (included in the PowerScript package) identifies most of the control keys and
can be placed directly on the keyboard for easy reference.
PowerScript also provides "key mapping" options for keyboards used in different coun-
tries. For example, if you are using a German keyboard, simply select that keyboard lay-
out from the PowerScript key mapping options. You can then use your keyboard in the
standard manner. See "Remapping the Keyboard" on page 144.
The PowerScript keyboard contains two separate Enter keys—one on the keypad and one
on the standard keyboard. Normally, you can use the keys interchangeably. When a dis-
tinction is necessary, this instruction manual refers to the Enter key on the standard key-
board as the Alpha Enter key, and refers to the Enter key on the keypad as the Numeric
Enter key.
Introducing PowerScript