Active Braille
Operation of the Active Braille
Handy Tech
Elektronik GmbH
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Operation of the Active Braille
5.1 The Menu System
The menu system is structured hierarchically, containing submenus and functions. In
addition, the menu system has its own intelligence, so that only those menu items
currently available are displayed.
In addition to the keys described in chapter 12, there are also shortcut keys, known as
"hotkeys." These permit direct access to menu items within a menu level, without having to
navigate clumsily through the entire menu with [TD] and [TU]. A hotkey is one letter of the
menu item. It is spelled as a capital letter, but it may also have additional emphasis added.
Not only submenus, but functions and check boxes as well may be activated using
hotkeys. Furthermore, you can configure your Active Braille such that these objects are not
only selected, but also activated by pressing the hotkey.
In the following sections, the menu items as well as their sub-items are described in detail,
with the hotkeys enclosed in round brackets. If there is no letter indicated within brackets,
then there is currently no hotkey available for that menu item.
Please note:
The hotkeys permit instant access to items within the same menu level; they do not let you
move from one menu level to another. Therefore, you cannot access, e.g., the battery
voltage indicator from inside the File menu, instead, you have to return to the main menu
first then navigate via hotkeys through the menu levels until you have reached the menu
item Voltage.
5.1.1 File (F)
In the File menu you can choose to create or select a file or folder, and to open, edit, read,
rename, copy, move or delete it.
In order to copy, move or delete objects, you can also select more than one object. Press
[SPC + 2 4] (Chord i) {Insert}, the selected object will be marked with dot 7 and 8. To
unmark an object, press, [SPC + 2 4] (Chord i) {Insert} again. To mark all files and folders
within the current folder, press [SPC + 1 7] (Chord a) {Ctrl+a}.
5.1.1.1 New file
This menu item creates a new file. The file will be empty and can be edited. The cursor is
located at the first Braille position.
5.1.1.2 Previous file
This command opens the last file that was closed by the Editor. After opening the file, the
cursor will appear at the same position it was in when the file was closed. The file
automatically opens in the same editing mode in which it was saved.
