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14 General Operations

This chapter describes general operations you can perform in various modes.

Scroll Bars 1

Item

Scroll bar

Description

• Tap to scroll up and down, a page at a time. (Tapping these

buttons while the Weekly Scheduler screen is on the display,

for example, scrolls a week at a time.)

• These buttons are dimmed if there is no page of data to scroll

to.

• Tap to scroll up and down, a line at a time.

• These buttons are dimmed if there is no line of data to scroll

to.

• Drag up and down to scroll the screen.

• The size of the scroll button changes in accordance with the

amount of data above and below the current screen. If there

is no data above or below, the scroll buttons are dimmed.

• Tap the gray area to jump to the next page above or below

the current page.

1Page scroll buttons

2Line scroll buttons

3Scroll bar

4Scroll handle

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• The PV Unit scroll bars operate similarly to the scroll bars of many

popular personal computer applications.

• The scroll handle location indicates approximately how much data is

above and below the data on the screen. If the scroll handle is located in

the middle of the scroll bar, for example, it means that there is about the

same amount of data above and below.

Action Control Scrolling

When you are using the Action control to recall items in a list screen, the screen

scrolls automatically after you move the highlighting to the top or bottom of the

display. In the case of the data screen, the Action control scrolls between data

items whenever it is rotated.

Menu Bar

The PV Unit’s menu bar gives you access to a number of useful commands for

data editing and other operations.

To execute a menu bar command

1. Tap the Menu Bar icon at the beneath of the PV Unit screen to display

the menu bar.

2. Tap the name of the menu that contains the command you want to execute.

3. Tap the command you want to execute, or use the Action control to

move the highlighting to the command you want and then press the

Action control to execute the command.

Data Input and Editing

Use the procedures in this section to input and edit data. These procedures apply

for all input and editing screens. 14

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Moving Between Entries (Fields)

When inputting and editing data, you can move between entries (fields)

either by tapping on the entry you want with the stylus, or by tapping the

on-screen NEXT button to advance to the next sequential entry. Note that

the NEXT button may not appear on some input or editing screen.

On-screen Keyboards

This section describes the keyboards that appear when data input is required.

Note

• To close a keyboard screen without registering the data you input with

it, tap Esc.

Text Keyboard

Key Description

Deletes the character at the current cursor location.

Shifts letter keys between upper-case and lower-case for the

input of one character only.

Shifts to the Code Keyboard.

Shift-locks letter keys between upper-case and lower-case.

Shifts to the Symbol Keyboard.

Inputs a carriage return (newline) operation.

Advances to the next entry (field).

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Key

Symbol Keyboard

Code Keyboard

Date Keyboard

• Specify a date by tapping it in the calendar, or by tapping the number

keys.

Key

Description

Displays other symbols.

Returns to the Text Keyboard.

Description

Scrolls the month shown on the input screen.

Jumps to the month that contains today’s date as kept by the

main clock.

Moves the input point between the month, day, and year.

Deletes the character at the current cursor location.

Advances to the next field.

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Calculator Keyboard

• See “Using the Calculator Screen” on page 115 for details on

mathematical operations.

Time Setting Screens

There are two basic time setting screens that you can switch between while

inputting time data: a dial type screen and a time bar type screen.

The dial type screen is best for setting a single time, while the bar type

screen lets you specify a time period (start time and end time) quickly and

easily.

Dial Type Time Setting Screens

• The hour input dial appears when the cursor is located within hour digits,

while the minute input dial appears when the cursor is within minutes

digits.

1Hour input dial

2Time bar screen button

3Keypad

1Minute input dial

2Time bar screen button

3Keypad

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1Scroll buttons

2Selected time period

3Dial type screen button

4Number buttons

Description

Tap on a button to specify the hour or minutes.

Changes to the time bar type time setting screen.

Tap to specify “am” or “pm” for a 12-hour format time.

Deletes the character at the current cursor location.

Advances to the next field.

• Specify a time by tapping the hour or minutes in the input dial. You can

also input individual digits on the keypad.

• The time format you should use for input should match the format of the

system setting you selected under “Setting the Date, Time, Calendar,

and Keyboard Formats” on page 161.

• If you are using the 12-hour time format, be sure to tap the am or pm

button to specify “am” or “pm”.

Bar Type Time Setting Screen

• Specify a time period by dragging the stylus across the time period you

want. You can change the time period in 30-minute units using this

method.

• Tapping the time bar inputs corresponding time at the current cursor

position (either in the start time or end time area).

• Tap the scroll buttons to scroll the available hours left and right.

Key

Dial

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• The time format you should use for input should match the format of the

system setting you selected under “Setting the Date, Time, Calendar,

and Keyboard Formats” on page 161.

• Use the number buttons to input individual digits.

• If you are using the 12-hour time format, be sure to tap the am or pm

button to specify “am” or “pm”.

Selecting a Range of Text by Dragging

You can select a range of text on the screen with a technique called dragging.

1. Display the range of text you want to select.

2. Press the stylus against the screen at the beginning of the range of text

you want to select.

3. Keeping the stylus against the screen, drag it to the end of the range you

want to select.

• If the end of the text is not on the screen, drag down to the bottom of the

display and the screen will start to scroll.

• If you make a mistake and drag too far, keep the stylus on the screen as

you move back. This will reduce the size of the selected range of text.

4. Remove the stylus from the screen.

• The selected text is highlighted on the screen.

• To deselect (unhighlight) text, tap anywhere outside of the highlighted

area.

Key

Description

Changes to the dial type time setting screen.

Tap to specify “am” or “pm” for a 12-hour format time.

Deletes the character at the current cursor location.

Advances to the next field.

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Cut, Copy, Paste

The cut, copy, and paste functions of the PV Unit operate just as they do on

a personal computer.

To cut or copy data

1. Drag the stylus across characters on the display that you want to cut or

copy.

• The text you drag across will become highlighted on the display.

2. Tap the Menu Bar icon to display the menu bar, and then tap Edit –

Cut or Edit – Copy.

•Edit – Cut deletes the selected text and places it onto a clipboard.

•Edit – Copy puts a copy of the text onto the clipboard, while leaving

the original where it is.

To paste data at a location

1. After cutting or copying data, tap the location on an input or editing

screen where you want to paste the data.

2. Tap the Menu Bar icon to display the menu bar, and then tap Edit –

Paste.

• The data on the clipboard is inserted at the current input position on the

screen.

To paste data and replace existing data

1. After cutting or copying data, select the text that you want to replace

with the data on the clipboard by dragging the stylus across it.

2. Tap the Menu Bar icon to display the menu bar, and then tap Edit –

Paste.

• The data on the clipboard replaces the selected data on the screen.

Closing a Screen

You can always close a screen by tapping the Esc button.

In addition, some screens have a close button ( ). To close such a screen,

simply tap the close button with the stylus.

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Using the Quick Find Feature

The Quick Find feature automatically remembers a list of words you have recently

input, and displays a list of candidates when it senses you are inputting one of the

words again. You can tap a word in the list of candidates to input it, without

having to type all the characters.

• The Quick Find feature is enabled when inputting Schedule, To Do, or

Reminder description text.

• Quick Find memory can hold approximately 30 words, when all are 32

characters long. The number of words that can be stored is greater when

each word contains fewer characters.

• Quick Find memory comes with 30 default terms. These default terms

are restored into Quick Find memory whenever you reset the PV Unit

(page 169).

• When memory is full, oldest words are deleted automatically as new

words are added to the memory.

To input a word with the Quick Find feature

1. As you are typing in text in an input screen, the Quick Find input list

appears after you input two characters, if there are words in Quick Find

memory that start with the characters you input.

2. Tap on one of the words in the Quick Find list to complete your input, or

continue typing in text on the keyboard.

• Tapping a word inserts the remaining letters of the word you tap in the

Quick Find list.

3. If you type in more letters, the Quick Find list contents change

accordingly.

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Editing Data Items

Use the following procedure to edit data items. This general procedure applies in

all modes.

1. Select the data item you want to edit.

• You can select an item by displaying its data screen, or by tapping the

item on a list screen, calendar, etc.

2. Tap the Menu Bar icon to display the menu bar, and then tap Edit –

Item edit to display the data editing screen.

3. Make any changes in the data you want.

4. After you are finished, tap the Save button to save the new data.

Creating a Copy of a Data Item

You can use the following procedure to create a copy of a data item in all modes.

1. Select the data item you want to copy.

• You can select an item by displaying its data screen, or by tapping the

item on a list screen, calendar, etc.

2. Tap the Menu Bar icon to display the menu bar, and then tap Edit –

Item copy to display a new data input screen that contains the data of

the item you selected in step 1.

3. Make any changes in the data you want.

4. After you are finished, tap the Save button to save the copied data as a

new data item.

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