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Assigning Folder

Names (FOLDER

NAME)

Assigning Folder Names (FOLDER NAME)

Recorder buttons that are used to input characters

Button

 

Push

 

Action

PLAY

Press once

 

To input the selected character and advance the input position.

 

 

Press and hold

 

Confirms folder name or file comment.

FF

Press once

 

Forward to next character in the character list.

 

 

Press and hold

 

Scroll forward through the character list.

REW

Press once

 

Backward to previous character in the character list.

 

 

Press and hold

 

Scroll backward through the character list.

FOLDER

 

----------

 

Returns to previous character.

ERASE

 

----------

 

To delete the flashing character.

INDEX

Press once

 

Switches between character groups (type).

 

 

Press and hold

 

Quickly cycles through the character groups (types).

MENU

Press once

 

Selects character to be input: skips ahead by 5 characters.

 

 

Press and hold

 

Quickly skips ahead in increments of five characters.

Use the two following methods to quickly find characters.

1 When the INDEX button is pressed, the displayed character group (example: Uppercase, lowercase, template, symbols) will change, and you can then press the FF or REW buttons to select characters.

2 Every time the MENU button is pressed, it will skip ahead by five characters, so you can quickly move closer to the character you want.

(Currently displayed character) = (Space) = DICT. = TO DO = A = F = K = P = U = Z = a = f =

k = p = u = z = 1 = 6 = , = ( = # = ^ = (Space) = DICT. = TO DO...

If you press the DISPLAY button while a character other than one of the above appears, you will skip to the closest forward character in the above cycle.

Pressing the DISPLAY button again will then cycle through every fifth character as shown above.

example:

If you press the DISPLAY button while “MEMO” is displayed, “TO DO” will appear. If you press the DISPLAY button while “B” is displayed, “F” will appear.

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Olympus DM-10 Recorder buttons that are used to input characters, Assigning Folder Names Folder Name, Button Push Action

DM-20, DM-10 specifications

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