5.1.5. Previewing Buttons (in Edit Mode)
If your Palmtop device is in Edit Mode and you want to try out a button to see what it says or does, select it
once. After a short pause (less than a second), the button action will be previewed. When previewing, make
sure that you select and release in the same spot so that the software does not think that you want to
perform the “drag-and-drop swap” operation. Also, do not select and hold for too long or the editing popup
menu will appear.
5.1.6. Navigating Between Pages (in Edit Mode)
There are three ways to navigate to a different page from Edit Mode. First, you can use the
Page
drop-down
menu embedded in the toolbar at the bottom of the screen (see Figure 10). This menu allows you to quickly
access any page in the configuration. You can also select
View > Page Editing > Go to Page
. Finally, you
can select a navigation button in the configuration and you will be taken to the page indicated by that button.
5.2. Editing an Existing Symbol Configuration
After you create and save a new symbol-based or phrase-based configuration, you can edit it at any time.
Load the configuration by selecting
File > User Configs
, and then select
View > Go to Edit Mode
to enter
Edit Mode. You can edit existing buttons, add new pages, and use any of the other configuration editing
functions described in previous sections of chapter 5. Make sure to save the configuration when you are
done making changes by selecting
File > Configurations > Save Config
.
5.3. Editing a Standard Configuration
In addition to creating and editing new symbol-based and phrase-based interfaces, you can also edit the
phrase pages associated with many of the standard configurations. To modify a standard configuration,
select
File > Standard Configs
and select the configuration that you want to edit. Once it loads, enter Edit
Mode by selecting
View > Go to Edit Mode
. You can now edit the default phrase page ("Page 1") and add
new phrase pages. Since the editable pages will contain only phrase buttons, you cannot add pictures to the
buttons. All other editing functions will be available, however.
When you are finished editing, select
View > Go to Run Mode
. Select
Yes
to save your changes. If this is
the first time you have saved changes to this standard configuration, you will be prompted to enter a name
for the edited configuration. You can use the standard configuration name or choose your own. In either
case, the modified configuration will now be available through the
File > User Configs
menu rather than the
File > Standard Configs
menu. This prevents the accidental erasure of the standard configurations that ship
with your Palmtop device.
5.4. Editing Onscreen Keyboards
All onscreen keyboards are editable within the Palmtop software, with some important restrictions. Unlike
buttons on phrase pages and symbol pages, you cannot change the content of the individual keyboard
buttons. An "e" will always be an "e" and the Shift key will always be a Shift key. However, you can change
the colors and fonts of keyboard buttons, and you can swap the button positions. When you edit a keyboard
button, you will find that all of the editing controls on the
Labels
tab of the
Button Properties
dialog are
disabled. The editing controls on the other tabs are fully functional.
When using the “drag-and-drop swap” method to move editor keys around, you can only swap buttons that
are exactly the same size. When you drag a button over a valid swap partner, the color of the swap partner
will change to indicate that a swap is possible. If a swap is not possible, the color will not change.
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