You may encounter situations where the cursor has entered a program-defined
numeric input field (thereby placing the keyboard in Numeric Mode) and you
must enter one or more alphabetic characters. The Alpha (
().
) shift key
is
provided to enable
you
to
enter alphabetic characters into a program-defined
numeric input field. To enter alphabetic characters when the keyboard
is
in
Numeric Mode, press and hold the Alpha shift key, and then key in the desired
alphabetic character or characters.
After reading this section,
turn
to
"Similar Keys
on
Typewriter and Data
Entry Keyboards," in this chapter, for descriptions
of
other keys on the
Data Entry keyboard.
Typamatic (Repeat-Action) Keys
Most
of
the keys are called typamatic keys. This means
that
they have the
ability
to
repeat their characters or their function automatically if held down.
The keys that have this capability are shown in Figure 3-14. The discussion
of
each key also mentions the typamatic capability if it applies.
Figure 3-14. Typamatic (Repeat-Action) Keys
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