Working with your basic applications

Editing records

Selecting text

Select the text you want to edit using one of the following techniques:

Double-tap on a word in a field to select the word.

Triple-tap on any word on a line to select the entire line.

Drag across a line of text to select some or all of the information, or drag down to select text across multiple lines.

Using the Edit menu

The Edit menu is available from any screen where you enter or edit text. As a general rule, the Edit menu commands affect selected text. You can display the Edit menu in three ways: by tapping the Menu icon , by tapping the inverted application title tab at the top of the screen, and by writing a Graffiti shortcut.

To use the Edit menu:

1Do one of the following to display the Edit menu:

Tap the Menu icon ; then tap the Edit menu to display the commands in the menu.

Tap the inverted application title tab at the top of the screen; then tap the Edit menu to display the commands in the menu.

In the text Graffiti area, drag a diagonal line from the lower left to upper right to display the Command toolbar. To select a command, either:

tap the icon representing a command on the Command toolbar, or

draw the Graffiti shortcut in the text area of your screen

2Choose from the following commands, depending on the application you’re using:

Undo

Reverses the action of the last edit command made. Undo

 

also reverses deletions done by using the backspace.

Cut

Removes a selection from its current location and temporarily

 

stores it in your Acer s10’s memory. You can then paste the

 

text into another area of the current application or into a

 

different application.

Copy

Copies a selection and temporarily stores it in your Acer s10’s

 

memory. You can paste the selection into another area of the

 

current application or into a different application

Paste

Inserts a selection from your Acer s10’s memory into a

 

selected point in a record. Paste produces no result if you

 

have not used the Cut or Copy commands

Select All

Selects all the text in the current record or screen.

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Acer s10 manual Selecting text, Using the Edit menu, To use the Edit menu