Chapter 3 Entering Data on Your Handheld

4.Tap the characters to enter text and numbers.

When a keyboard is open, you can tap the abc, 123, or Int’l boxes to open any of the other keyboards, including the international keyboard.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Tap

 

here to display

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Numeric

alphabetic keyboard

 

International

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Tap here

 

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Tap here to display

numeric keyboard

international keyboard

After you finish, tap Done to close the onscreen keyboard and place the text in the record.

Using Graffiti writing to enter data

In this section you learn the procedures for creating letters, numbers, punctuation, and symbols, as well as some Graffiti tips and tricks.

Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a standard keyboard. The Graffiti characters closely resemble the uppercase letters of the regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn.

There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:

■If you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you can achieve close to 100 percent accuracy.

■The heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain characters have similar shapes but different beginning and end points. Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot. (You should not create the heavy dot; it is there only to show you where to begin the stroke.)

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