Psion 3a Series - The built-in applications

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The built-in applications
Changes across the applications
There are two sizes of status window available from Control-Menu. They show far
more information, including Caps Lock, the presence of SSDs. whether the serial port
is in use, and "low battery" / "replace battery" symbols. (You can use the 'Status
window' option in the System screen to disable the display of any of these.)
The Series 3a uses the • key to go between different screens in an application, while
the Series 3 uses.application buttons. (On the Series 3a. application buttons switch
between open instances of the same application - eg between two open Word Processor
files.) The different screens are shown towards the top of the status window. There are
also ordinary menu options, with hot-keys, for moving to each screen.
Many hot-keys use both the Shift and Psion keys as part of their keypress.
Some changes have been made to menu options, hot-keys, dialogs and screen
messages, for the sake of standardisation across applications. For example, most
applications have a 'Set preferences' option, with
hot-key Psion-Q.
Most applications also have 'Zoom in' / 'Zoom out' options, on the 'Special' menu, for
changing the size of the screen font.
Applications which can print have a 'Print preview' option on the 'Special' menu. Use
this to check the appearance of your printout before you print it
More help text is available in each application.
System screen
You can group applications together, to reduce the length of the list of icons: use
'Create new group', press the Spacebar to go into the group, and use 'Install' or 'Install
standard'. You can also make new file lists for applications, with 'Create new list".
Use the 'About application' option for information on a particular icon.
Incremental backup has been made easier, with the 'Backup files' and 'Restore files'
options.
You can change between a serif and sans-serif font for the file lists. Use 'Set
preferences', and set the 'Font' line.
A 'Usage monitor' option shows you the way you have used the Series 3a, including
the time it has been used on batteries, the average battery power and so on.
pjp The 'Runlmg' icon no longer appears if you remove the icon of an open application.
You must use install standard' if you want Runlmg installed.
Database
Both the 'Change' and 'Update entry' options let you alter an existing entry. ('Update
entry' was kept for the benefit of Series 3 users.) If you use the 'Set up • list' option
you can make the 'Change' screen available from the • key.
There are new options to search on a particular label only, to search from the currently
found entry, and to jump to an entry by its position in the database.
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