Motorola DS4800 Series Product Reference Manual page 247

Optional Small Special (.)
When this option appears in the template string, the data validator accepts a special character if present.
Optional characters are not allowed as the first character(s) in a field of like characters. Small special
characters are - , and .
Template Valid data
AA.99 MN.35
Other Template Operators
These template operators assist in capturing, delimiting, and formatting scanned OCR data.
Literal String (" and +)
"
Use either of these delimiting characters surrounding characters from the alphanumeric keyboard in the
Advanced Data Formatting Guide to define a literal string within a template that must be present in scanned
OCR data. There are two characters used to delimit required literal strings; if one of the delimiter characters is
present in the desired literal string, use the other delimiter.
Template Valid data
35+BC
"35+BC"
Valid data Invalid data
XY98 XYZ12
Invalid data
AB+22
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