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Key

Meaning

(Continued)

 

 

 

CHARS

Displays a menu of all available

 

characters. To type one, use the

 

arrow keys to highlight it, and press

 

. To select multiple characters,

 

select each and press

, then

 

press

.

 

 

 

 

 

Shifted keystrokes

There are two shift keys that you use to access the operations and characters printed above the keys:

and .

Key

Description

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press the

 

 

key to access the

 

 

 

 

operations printed in blue above the

 

keys. For instance, to access the

 

Modes screen, press

, then

 

press

. (MODES is labeled in

 

blue above the

key). You do

 

not need to hold down

when

 

you press HOME. This action is

 

depicted in this manual as “press

 

MODES.”

 

 

To cancel a shift, press

again.

 

The alphabetic keys are also shifted

 

keystrokes. For instance, to type Z,

 

press

Z. (The letters are

 

printed in orange to the lower right of

 

each key.)

 

 

 

 

To cancel Alpha, press

 

 

again.

 

 

 

 

For a lower case letter, press

 

.

 

 

 

 

 

For a string of letters, hold down

 

while typing.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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