Canon Cat Reference Manual page 104

Display This line allows you
to select a
white
or
a
black
background
for
your
characters.
Problem
signal
How the Cat
will
tell you
something is
wrong.
You may choose
Beep, Flash,
or
Beep
and
Flash.
When
you
select Beep the Cat makes a beeping sound
when
it
encounters
a
problem
or
a
situation where
informa-
tion might
be
lost. When
you
select
Flash
the
ruler flashes
briefly.
Beep
and Flash
causes
both to occur.
Time before display goes
dark
This means the
length
of
time
the
Cat
will
wait before it
automatically tries
to
record
your text and darken the
screen.
The
timer begins to run
the
moment you
cease
to use the
keyboard.
You
may select
l,
3,
5,
15,
30, 60 minutes, or never.
Load spelling
from
disk
Allows you to
substitute the
personal
spelling dictionary recorded
on
disk
for whatever
is
stored
in
the battery-powered
memory.
If
you
select
this, the option
reads,
Yes
(once).
"This
means
that
the
personal spelling dictionary
recorded on disk
will
replace
the one
in the
battery-powered memory the next
time you
use
[DISK]
to playback
a
disk,
but
only that one
time. The
[SETUP]
selection
will
then revert to
No,
and
later
play-
backs
of
that disk or
other disks
won't
change the
personal
spelling dictionary.
Load setup
from
disk
Allows
you to substitute the setup
information recorded on disk
for whatever is stored
in
the
battery-powered memory. This is
a
Yes (once)
selection
which works
in
the
same
manner
as
Load spelling
from
disk.
Decimal and
number style
The sample
number indicates
how your calculation results
will
be
punctuated. You have
these choices:
1,000,000.00
,
as
separator and .
as
decimal point
1.000.000,00
.
as
separator and ,
as
decimal
Point
1'000'000.00
'
as
separator and . as
decimal
point
Decimal
places in calculations
Indicates the
number
of
digits
to
the
right
of the
decimal point that
will
be
displayed
in your calculation results. From 0
to
l0
may be
selected.
SORT
record
separator
Selects
the number
of
break
characters
(1,2,
or 3)
that define
a record.
Generally
speaking, use
I break
for sorting
tables,
2
breaks
for
sorting
addresses.