Tapping and typing

■Select options in dialog boxes.

■Open the onscreen keyboards.

Just as you can drag the mouse to select text or move objects on your computer, you can drag the stylus to select text. You can also use the stylus to drag the slider of any scroll bar.

Elements of the handheld interface

There are many common elements in the handheld interface. These elements are described in this section.

Menu bar

Icons

Menu bar

Icons

Brightness control

Clock

ABC

123

Use the menu bar to access a set of application-specific commands. Not all applications have a menu bar.

Tap the icons to open applications , menus , and a favorite application , and to find text anywhere in your data .

See “Opening applications,” “Using menus,” and “Finding information” in Chapter 4, and “Buttons Preferences” in Chapter 17 for more information about using these icons.

Tap the Brightness icon to open the Adjust Brightness dialog box. See “Using the backlight” earlier in this chapter for instructions on adjusting the brightness.

Tap the Clock icon to display the current time and date. The display closes automatically after two seconds.

With the cursor in an input field, tap ABC to activate the alphabetic keyboard.

With the cursor in an input field, tap 123 to activate the numeric keyboard.

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