How do I use the keypad to enter text?
Youcanenternumbers,lettersorsymbolsonanyscreenthathasaflashingcursor,forexamplethe
Data
Entry
and
Edit?
screens.TheIndicatorhasakeypadofbuttons,witheachusedtoselectandenterarangeof
characters.Whenabuttonispressed,thefirstcharacterwillappearonscreen.Ifyoupressthebuttonagain
withinonesecond,thenextcharacterwilldisplay.Ifyoucontinuetopressthebutton,eachcharacterinthe
rangewilldisplayinturnuntilthefirstcharacterisdisplayedagain.Onesecondafterabuttonispressed,the
characterwillbeenteredandthecursorwillmovetothenextspace.Youcanthenenteranothercharacter.
TIP – Predictivetextisavailableonsomescreens,ifithasbeenenabledduring
installation.Thismeansthatyoumayonlyneedtoenterthefirstfewcharactersofa
wordforthewholewordtodisplayonscreen.
Characters
Button Characters Button Characters
[SPACE]1.,?& 6MNOmno
2ABCabc 7PQRSpqrs
3DEFdef 8TUVtuv
4GHIghi 9WXYZwxyz
5JKLjkl [SPACE]0#:/+-"
Whenenteringthefirstcharacterofavalue,thefirsttime ispressed,thenumber2willdisplay;the
secondtime ispressed,Awilldisplay;thethirdtime ispressed,Bwilldisplay,etc.Whenentering
othercharactersinthevalue,lower-caseletterswilldisplayfirst,sothefirsttime ispressed,thelettera
willdisplay;thesecondtime ispressed,bwilldisplay;thethirdtime ispressed,cwilldisplay,etc.
Example
ToenterthewordPumiceusingthekeypad,youwouldcompletethefollowing:
1.
ToenterP,press twice.
2.
Toenteru,press twice.
3.
Toenterm,press .
4.
Toenteri,press threetimes.
5.
Toenterc,press threetimes.
6.
Toentere,press twice.