Alphasmart NEO, User Manual

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76 Neo User’s Guide
Control Panel
character appears, and after an additional 1.5 seconds, the character
begins to repeat.
Sticky Keys
On most computers, you have to hold down and press several keys
simultaneously to activate some commands. (Some examples are
pressing
shift
and a letter key to produce a capital letter, or
ctrl-A
to
select all text.) This is true of Neo too. Neo has a sticky keys setting
that lets you turn this behavior off while typing. This is useful for
people just learning to type or who have difficulty holding down
several keys at once.
For example, when you turn on Sticky Keys, you can type
combinations of keystrokes one at a time without holding each key
down. So you could, for instance, press
option
, then
a
, then
S
individually to get to the Send Speed menu, rather than pressing all
three keys as a group.
Sticky Keys affects these four keys:
shift
,
option
,
a
, and
ctrl
. When
Sticky Keys is on, pressing one of these keys effectively keeps that key
pressed down for the next normal key press.
The Sticky Keys setting in Control Panel is a toggle; you select it and
press
enter
to turn it on and repeat those steps to turn it back off.
You can also set Sticky Keys from within AlphaWord Plus.
To turn Sticky Keys on or off from within a SmartApplet:
1. Press
option- a -K
.
2. Press
2
, then press
esc
to exit the screen and return to your work.
Auto Repeat
Auto Repeat lets you set whether keys repeat when held down.
Usually if you press and hold a character key for an extended period
of time, the letter continually repeats itself across the screen.