Psion Teklogix 32M/64M, netBook manual Entering information, Using dialogs

Entering information

You can enter information and complete tasks using the pen or the keyboard. You can usually select a menu command to perform each task.

∙Press the Menu key or tap on the command icon to see the available commands on the “Menu bar”.

∙Tap on the menu names and commands, or use the arrow keys to move around the menus. Tap on commands marked with a or press the right arrow key to see further commands.

Note: You can press the shortcut key combinations shown next to the commands as a quick way of selecting them, e.g. Ctrl+M, means hold down the Ctrl key and press the M key at the same time.

∙A menu command with three dots at the end means that selecting the command will display a “dialog” where you enter more information.

∙If a menu command is grey, it means that it’s not currently available; e.g. you cannot “Copy” unless you have first selected something to copy.

∙To toggle Caps Lock mode, so that characters appear in uppercase, press Fn + Tab.

∙To toggle Num Lock mode, so that you can use the embedded orange numeric keys, press Shift + Menu.

Using dialogs

A “dialog” appears when you need to make selections and enter further information. You can move between dialog items by tapping on them, or using the up and down arrow keys. Dialogs contain one or more of the following elements:

Text box: where you just type in your information.

List box: where you select from a number of options. You will see left and right arrows around the current selection; you can change the selection by tapping on the arrows, by pressing the left and right arrow keys, or by typing the first letter of the option you want. You can usually tap in the box or press the Tab key to see a list of the available options.

Check box: where you make a choice between selecting an option or not selecting it. Just tap on the check box, or press the left and right arrow keys to add or remove a tick.

Radio buttons: where you make one choice from a number of options. Just tap on an option, or use the left and right arrow keys to make a selection.

∙If a dialog line is grey, it is currently not available, usually because you have to select something else first. For example, if you have not ticked the box to set an alarm for an Agenda entry, the lines to set the alarm time and date are grey. Some dialog lines only appear when another option has been chosen.

Some dialogs comprise a number of “pages”, each page has a “tab” at the top. Tap on the tab or move the highlight to the tab name, to go to that page. You can also move a dialog around the screen by holding the pen on the dialog title bar and dragging it across the screen.

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