CHAPTER 6
Data Input
6-28 Writing, Drawing, and Editing
A user can move the caret simply by tapping the screen at the desired
location. Users always know and control exactly where their writing goes.
The caret is not displayed if a user turns off the “Insert new words at caret”
option in the Handwriting Recognition section of the built-in Preferences
application. In that case, a user can insert a new word by writing it on top of
the word it should precede; the Newton system shifts the old word to the
right and inserts the new word.
A user can input a punctuation mark or other special character by choosing it
from the picker that pops up when the user taps the caret. In addition, the
Caret picker allows a user to break a paragraph at the caret (moving the caret
to the start of the new paragraph); delete the character to the left of the caret;
or insert a blank space. Figure 6-24 shows the Caret picker.
Figure 6-24 The Caret picker lists 14 hard-to-write characters and three actions
1
. User taps caret 2. Picker pops up 3. User selects a
character 4. Selected character is
inserted