Exiting The Menu Mode; Text & The Alphanumeric Keyboard; A Page Of Text - Compulite Spark User Manual

2-12 Text & the Alphanumeric Keyboard

Exiting the menu mode

Pressing [RESET] exits the menu mode and resets the menu you have just exited. Press
once to return to menu list. The second press returns you to stage display.
[MENU] also exits the menu mode. Pressing this key exits the menu you are working on
without, in most cases, resetting the menu editor.
If for example, you are busy in the Spot Patch menu and you must temporarily exit the
menu, exit by pressing [MENU] returning to stage display. When you want to return to the
Spot Patch menu, press [MENU] to return to the point from which you exited the Spot
Patch menu and continue working.
You can exit the following menus without resetting the menu editor:
•
Channel Patch
•
Macro
•
Spot Patch
•
Mix Output
•
Scroller Patch
Text & the Alphanumeric Keyboard
Text is typed on the alphanumeric keyboard.
You can add text to macros, memories, to show files when recording to the diskette, to
Snaps, Events, Libraries, controller group assignments, and even leave a note for the
second shift crew.
Operating instructions for adding text to the above mentioned items are included in the
sections dealing with those subjects.

A page of text

One page is available for text typed on the alphanumeric keyboard. This is useful for
recording any notes about special rigging, color changes during interval, cue synopsis, any
special comments pertaining to the show, etc.
If the blue text page contains text it is the first display to come up when the system is
turned on. This makes a convenient place to leave notes and messages for the next shift
crew.
To create a page of text:
Keypresses
1. Press [TEXT] [TEXT]
2. Type the text on the
alphanumeric keyboard
3. Press [STORE]
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Note
If there is text on the Text p age, you can access the page by pressing Insert on the
alphanumeric keyboard.
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Results/Comments
A blank blue screen is displayed. This is the text page.