Sharp OZ-5500 operation manual Menu operations, Pop-up menus, Keyboard

Menu operations

Another powerful aspect of using the Organizer is its menu system, which can be used to quickly issue commands and perform operations. Two universal menus, PREFERENCES and TOOLS, are available from all applications. In addition, all applications have a menu for functions and commands that are specific to each application.

Pressing MENU once displays the application menu, which contains the operations and commands specific to the particular application. Pressing MENU successively displays the PREFERENCES, TOOLS and PERIPHERALS menus.

containing a list of options or values currently available for that field. You can then select the desired item from the list, without having to type any text.

In addition, all date fields function as pop-up fields. Whenever a date can be entered, the user can press ˜ to display the special pop-up one-month calendar. You can use PREV and NEXT to select the desired month, then the arrow keys to select the desired date. You may find this more convenient than typing in the date directly, since the pop-up calendar also shows the days of the week.

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Pop-up menus

Items that are not currently available in a menu are shown dimmed.

Indicates that there is a submenu for that menu item.

The keyboard

The Organizer’s keyboard has a standard layout, just like a

typewriter or computer. works just like the Shift key on a typewriter or computer, and CAPS is like the Caps Lock key.

The Organizer’s pop-up menus offer a convenient and efficient method of selecting options from pre-defined lists, similar to many of the latest personal computer application software packages. Most applications and functions contain some pop-up fields. When the user moves to one of these fields, the pop-up symbol appears on the right of the field. Pressing ˜ causes the pop-up menu to appear,

Above the keyboard are the special keys used to start the Organizer’s various applications, work with the various menus and control the cursor on the screen.

Symbols in white above a key such as ' or : can be

accessed by holding down and then pressing the appropriate key.

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