Sharp OZ-770 operation manual Editing an Existing Entry, Editing Techniques, Fields

16General Operation

For other useful methods available in Edit mode, see right.

Editing an Existing Entry

To edit an entry already stored in memory, you must first access the entry in Edit mode (in which it was originally created).

1.Press to open the application.

2.Select the desired entry in Index mode.

3.Press to open the entry in Edit mode.

4.Make any necessary changes.

5.Press to store the changes when you are finished. The new, edited entry is now stored, replacing the original entry.

Editing Techniques

This section explains all the general editing techniques used in Edit mode when making a new entry or editing an existing entry in all of the applications. (The Memo application has many additional features for working with text; see p.33 for more information.)

Fields

Most applications divide the display into field boxes. The number of fields in each application varies, as do the types of fields. The different types of field include text fields, a date field, time fields and pop-up fields.

You can type any character into a text field. The size of a text field is limited only by the size of the entry. Text fields adjust their size automatically to accommodate the number of lines entered.

Only a date can be entered in a date field, usually in the format MM/DD/YYYY For example, you would type 07232001 to enter July 23, 2001.

Only a time of day can be entered in the time field, in the format of HH:MM followed by or (for AM and PM). For example, to enter 9:00 AM, you would type 0900 then press .

When the pop-up symbol appears by a field while editing an entry, this indicates that a pop-up menu is available for the field. The pop-up menu contains a list of values available for the field, and is used by pressing and selecting the desired value from the pop-up list. Note that the pop-up symbol only