Pitney Bowes DM125 manual Appendix B How to Enter Text, When is Text Entry Used?, Postal Codes

Appendix B • How to Enter Text

When is Text Entry Used?

Text is entered for these functions:

•International mail (selecting a country)

•Entering Canada and UK Postal Codes

•Naming a Custom Preset

•Naming an Account in the Departmental Accounting feature

How is Text Entry Done?

Text entry is done via the numeric keypad in a fashion similar to cur- rent cell phone text entry. Each key, 2 through 9, has three or four letters displayed above it.

There is no dedicated key to switch between alpha and numeric mode. On those screens (and only those screens) where either an alpha or numeric character may be entered (e.g. preset names, postal codes, account names), press a numeric key to cycle through the 4 possibilities for that key. For example, pressing the “2” numeric key cycles through "2" - "A" - "B" - "C". Extended character sets are provided for foreign markets on a country-by-country basis. In those cases, a numeric key may be pressed more than four times to cycle through the complete character set associated with a key.

Postal Codes

In postal codes, all alpha characters are uppercase. For non-US postal codes that follow a fixed format of alpha and numeric charac- ters, only the appropriate alpha or numeric in each specific position is allowed.

Custom Preset Names and Account Names

For Preset names, and Account names, the first letter of the first word automatically defaults to uppercase.

If you wish to enter two consecutive alpha characters that are located on the same numeric key (such as “DE”), you must wait for the cursor to automatically move right to the second character’s position before entering the second character. There is about a 1-second delay follow- ing an alpha entry before the cursor moves one position to the right.

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