The Numeric Keyboard - Accessing Alpha Keys; Choosing A Single Alpha Character; Creating Uppercase Letters; Choosing Multiple Alpha Characters - Psion EP10 User Manual

3.3.6 The Numeric Keyboard – Accessing Alpha Keys
On numeric keypads, you'll need to take a few extra steps to access the alphabetic characters.
3.3.6.1

Choosing a Single Alpha Character

The examples below illustrate how to access, A, B and C, all of which are printed in blue characters above
the numeric key [2].
Important: The letters you choose appear in the shift-indicator icon at the bottom of the
screen, providing a visual indicator of which letter will be displayed on the screen.
To choose the letter a:
• Press the [SHIFT] key, and type the numeric key [2].
Note: To choose the second, third or fourth alpha character assigned to a numeric key, you may
want to lock the [SHIFT] key 'on'. Remember that depending on how your EP10 is set up in the
'One Shots' tab, you may find that you need to press the [SHIFT] key twice to lock it 'on'. Refer
to "OneShots" on page 137 for details.
To choose the second letter in the sequence – in this example, the letter b:
• Lock the [SHIFT] key 'on'. The shift-state indicator icon in the taskbar represents the [SHIFT] key in
yellow with a black frame around it to indicate that this key is locked 'on'.
• Press numeric key [2] twice to display the letter b.
To choose the third letter in the sequence – in this example, the letter c:
• Lock the [SHIFT] key 'on'.
• Press numeric key [2] three times to display the letter c.
Note: Keep in mind that there is a time-out if you pause for one second between key presses when
selecting the second, third or fourth letters on a key. For example, suppose you want to type
the letter 'c' – you would need to press the [2] key three times. With the [SYM] key locked 'on',
if you press [2] twice and then pause between key presses for 1 second, the letter 'b' will be
selected automatically.
3.3.6.2

Creating Uppercase Letters

To display capital letters.
• Lock the [SHIFT] key 'on'.
All alpha keys are displayed in uppercase until you press the [SHIFT] key again to 'unlock' (switch off) the
function of this key.
3.3.6.3

Choosing Multiple Alpha Characters

• Lock the [SHIFT] key 'on'.
Each time you press a numeric key from [2] through [9], an alpha character will be displayed on the screen.
Remember that you can refer to the shift-state indicator icon in the taskbar for a visual indication of which
alpha key will be displayed on the screen.
Important: Once you have finished typing alpha characters, remember to turn off or unlock the
[SHIFT] key. Check the shift-state indicator icon (refer to Figure 3.3 on page 21) to
make certain that the key is turned off.
3.3.7

The Keypad Backlight

The intensity of the keypad backlight can be configured using the Backlight icon accessed by tapping on
Start>Settings>System>Backlight. Refer to "Backlight – Screen and Keypad" on page 143 for details about
this option.
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