Receiving And Saving Messages And Files - Brother GeoBook NB-60 Getting Started Manual

8. Click on Send. The Send XMODEM Status window appears and shows the
progress of the transfer, reporting any errors. XMODEM automatically
resends those portions of the transmission that have errors. However, if
the error count increases suddenly, you probably have a problem in the
phone line and may want to try to send the file again later.
9. To exit, select Hang Up from the Dial menu; then press EXIT.
Receiving and Saving Messages and Files
Before you receive information, determine what you intend to do with it.
Depending on the type and volume of information, there are various ways to
accept, store, and save it, including the following:
• Scrolling through the text as it arrives without saving it
• Copying text to the clipboard
• Saving text in a file
Scrolling through text on the screen
As the text arrives at your computer, the first part of the text may scroll off the
screen. If the message is longer than 175 lines, consider saving it to a file.
_I_To -scrofl throdgh the texdt on your screen:
Click on the up or down arrow on the scroll bar.
Copying text to the clipboard
Only the last 175
lines of text
received are
saved. If the
message exceeds
175 lines, newly
amvJngtext writes
over the text that
has already
anived.
You can copy and paste information one screen at a time, or you can wait
until the entire message has arrived, as long as the message does not go over
175 lines of text.
l_ To copy text from your clipboard to a _e:
1. Select the text in the Communication window that you want to copy.
2. Press COPY.
3. Select Hang Up from the Dial menu.
4. Close Communication.
5. Click on Word Processing or another program.
6. Create a new document or open an existing one to paste the text to.
7. Place the on-screen pointer where you want to place the text.
8. Press PASTE. The text is placed into the file.
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