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Hot keys
You can find out which hot-keys go with which options by displaying the menus, then
pressing a hot-key without holding down the Psion key. The menu and option which
goes with the key you press will be highlighted.
Selecting on dialog lines
Many dialog lines, such as 'Time format', have little arrows around the setting, and can
be changed by using <—». You can also type the first letter of the setting you require.
If you want to see all of the possible settings in a vertical list,
press the Tab key. Within the vertical list, you can use TX to move
the highlight. Enter to pick the highlighted setting, or Esc to
remove the vertical list.
For example, if you press the Time button, choose the "Formats'
option, and press the Tab key when the highlight is on the 'Date
format' line, you'll see the list of possible date formats, like this:
jauiJLIJJJJL:.
, t^aaatxtcraacadL i
i ^ncaaaauLiaac-'
r-inni innrin
Tab key
Home: London Inner
| Fri 23 Jiiil
B3f= You may see this called tabbing out a line of a dialog. The only cases where Tab does
not work in this way are in options which list cities and countries, such as the 'Home
city' option you used earlier.
Entering dates with the calendar
When entering a date in a dialog - for example, when you are setting the current date in
the 'Set time and date' dialog in Time - you can press Tab to display a one month
calendar. Then move to the date you want to enter, and press Enter to insert the date in
the dialog.
Shift-Tab (or Tab twice) displays a three month calendar, while Control-Tab (or three
Tabs) displays a 12 month calendar.
The <- TX -> keys move in their respective directions, changing month and year where
necessary.
To move from day to day, use Shift-*—>. To move by a week at a time, use Shift-TX.
Press Esc to remove the calendar without selecting a date.
Entering numbers in dialogs
You can type numbers directly into dialog lines if you wish, but you can also use the >
and < keys to increase or decrease the current number. (You don't need to use one of
the Shift keys to get the > or < keypress, in this case.) If you hold down the Control
key while pressing > or < , the number increases or decreases by 10 at a time.
These keypresses also work when typing each part of a date or time.
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