Psion Teklogix 7525 user manual Activating Modifier Keys, Locking Modifier Keys

Chapter 3: Getting To Know The WORKABOUT PRO

Modifier Keys

Note: Almost all keys can be reprogrammed to suit your requirements.

3.6.1 Modifier Keys

The <CTRL>, <ALT>, <ALPHA/ORANGE> and <FN/BLUE> keys are modifier keys. Pressing a modifier key changes the function of the next key pressed. For example, alpha keys are displayed in orange print above the numeric key <1>. Pressing the <ALPHA/ORANGE> key followed by the <1> key displays the letter a rather than the number 1.

The <CTRL> and <ALT> keys operate much like a desktop keyboard except that they are not chorded—two keys cannot be held down simultaneously. The modifier key must be pressed first followed by the key whose function you want modified.

Activating Modifier Keys

When a modifier key is pressed once, it is represented in the shift-state indicator icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. When the next key is pressed, the modifier key becomes inactive, the shift-state indicator icon disappears from the taskbar, and the soft keyboard icon is once again displayed.

Locking Modifier Keys

Note: The locking behaviour of the modifier keys can be changed so that, for example, pressing any of these keys once will lock the keys ‘on’. Refer to “One Shots” on page 82 for details. Note too that by default, the <ORANGE> key is locked ‘on’ when pressed only once.

When a modifier key is pressed twice to lock it ‘on’, it will remain active until it is pressed a third time to unlock or turn it off.

To help you identify when a modifier key is locked ‘on’, the key is represented in the shift-state indicator icon with a black frame around it.

Figure 3.9 Shift-State Indicator Icon – Locked Modifier Key

Once a modifier key is unlocked, the shift-state indicator icon is replaced by the soft keyboard icon in the taskbar.

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