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The “Settings/Customize/On screen keyboard active” check-box allows you to choose whether the on-screen virtual
keypad is presented or not when data entry is required (name, sample ID, target value etc.). If the check box is left
unchecked, then the on-screen virtual keypads are not presented and an external keyboard is required for data entry.
If the check box remains checked, the external keyboard can still be used by pressing the ‘ESC’ key on the external
keyboard to dismiss the on-screen virtual keyboard and complete the data entry using the external keyboard.
6.5 Using the On-Screen Virtual Keypads
There are three types of virtual on-screen keypads:
Alpha-numeric with shift and symbol options
Numeric only
Date
The particular virtual on-screen keypad presented is tailored to the data entry required. If only numeric values are
accepted than a numeric-only keypad is presented. For selection of dates, a date keypad is presented.
The touch-pad of the ‘Abacus 5’ handles single taps only. The Shift and Symbol keys are ‘sticky’ on the virtual on-
screen keypads like the ‘caps-lock’ on a PC key-board. Click/tap on the appropriate buttons to type in the required
value. Complete the operation by clicking/tapping the ‘Done’ button. The ‘Symbols’ button presents special
characters such as the question mark or ampersand.
Figure 15. Alphanumeric Virtual On-Screen Keypad
Figure 16. ‘Sticky’ Shift and Symbol Buttons
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