Slow Keys; Show Marks - Alphasmart 3000 User Manual

Slow Keys

Slow Keys is designed to allow a user with unsteady hands or difficulty in
targeting specific keys to set a delay time between depressing a key and the
generation of the associated character. The Slow Keys control screen can be
displayed with the keyboard command ctrl-option-
To turn Slow Keys on, use the up-arrow or right-arrow key to select a delay
value greater than zero (a zero value turns Slow Keys off). Use the down-
arrow or left-arrow to decrease the delay value. Once the desired delay value
is displayed, press enter to set that value, or esc to cancel any changes you
have made.
The AutoRepeat delay, which is normally about one second, will be
increased to match the Slow Keys delay if it is greater than one second. For
example, a Slow Keys delay setting of 1.5 seconds will set the AutoRepeat
delay to about 1.5 seconds as well. This means that, after pressing and
holding a key down, there would be a 1.5-second delay before a character
appeared, and after an additional 1.5 seconds, that character would begin to
AutoRepeat.
The Slow Keys delay does not apply to key use in the Slow Keys control
screen.

Show Marks

When Show Marks is enabled, pressing the tab key will produce an arrow
( ) on your screen and pressing the enter key will produce a return arrow
l
( ) on your screen. When Show Marks is disabled, both commands show
å
up as spaces on the AlphaSmart 3000 screen. Regardless of the Show Marks
setting, both tabs and returns are transferred to the computer as tabs and
returns.
The Show Marks function can be disabled or enabled by pressing option-
K, and then pressing 3. This command works in stand-alone mode only, not
when the AlphaSmart 3000 is attached to a computer.
AlphaSmart 3000
-K.
x
-
x
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