On wearable computers without touch-enabled screens navigation and control of an application is performed using
the keypad.
Key Combinations
The wearable terminal uses special key combinations to easily navigate applications.
combinations required to perform various application navigation and control functions.
Key Combinations
Table 2-8
Action Key
Access the Start menu on the taskbar
Switch fields within an application
Close windows or cancel operations on some applications
Access the Task Manager
Switches to the next window or desktop
Access a menu bar in an application
Press a button or select a check box in an application
Display a pop-up context menu
Throughout this guide you will be instructed to select an item. You must use a key combination to select that item.
For example:
To perform:
"Select
>
Start
Programs
Press
and then
1.
CTRL
ESC
Press the up arrow until the
2.
Press the Blue key and the down arrow to open the
3.
Press the down arrow until
4.
Press
key to launch
5.
ENTER
Selecting Items
When using the navigation keys to perform tasks in an application, the active item is highlighted using either a color
background and/or a dashed box.
Highlighted Items
Figure 2-9
>
"
Windows Explorer
to open the
menu.
Start
item is highlighted.
Programs
is highlighted.
Windows Explorer
.
Windows Explorer
Highlighted Item
Using the Wearable Terminal 2 - 13
Combination
-
CTRL
ESC
TAB
ESC or ALT - F4
-
ALT
TAB
-
ALT
ESC
-
ALT
ALT
until the item is highlighted then
TAB
-
ALT
ENTER
sub-menu.
Programs
Table 2-8
lists the key
.
SPACE