Chapter 2: Getting Started

The Screen, Command Icons, And Toolbar

2.5 The Screen, Command Icons, And Toolbar

The netpad screen has a column of permanent “command icons” on the right-hand side. Some of these are user-configurable via the Soft Keypad Settings icon in the Control Panel.

From top to bottom, the defaults for these soft keys are:

Start Menu:

This icon is user-definable.Left-clicking displays the Control Panel. Right-clicking displays the command shell.

Backlight control:

Left-clicking displays the Brightness/Contrast control panel. Right- clicking is inactive.

Important: Battery life is considerably reduced when the brightness is increased.

Explorer:

This icon is user-definable. Left-clicking displays the Windows

Explorer. Right-clicking displays Internet Explorer.

Keyboard:

Left-clicking displays the Software Input Panel (SIP), the on-screen keyboard. Right-clicking is inactive.

System command icon:

Left-clicking displays the Start Menu. Right-clicking displays the Soft Keypad Settings control panel.

2.6 How To Reset The netpad

If you find that you cannot exit a program normally, right-click on the taskbar and select Task Manager from the context menu. Select the task that appears to be unresponsive and click on the End Task button.

If this does not work, or if your netpad appears to have “locked up”, you can always perform a “soft reset”. This should restart your netpad while preserving most of your information. It is worth trying a soft reset if the keys on the netpad do not appear to respond, or if the netpad appears to switch on and you are sure that the batteries are good, but the screen is otherwise blank.

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