Palm i700 Series, Handbook

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Using Graffiti writing to enter data
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TIP
A fullscreen pen stroke brings up Graffiti help on your handheld.
See “Pen
preferences”
in Chapter 17
for details.
Writing capital letters
You make capital letters with the same stroke shapes as the basic alphabet
characters. To make capital letters, you must first “shift” to caps — just as you press
the Shift key on a keyboard — and then write the character strokes.
Graffiti writing includes a feature that automatically capitalizes the first letter
when you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a blank line).
To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter:
■
Use the Caps Shift stroke:
TIP
When Caps Shift is active, an “up arrow” symbol appears in the lower-
right corner of the handheld screen. If you accidentally activate Caps Shift,
backspace will cancel it.
J W
K X
L Y
M Z
Space Back Space
Carriage
Return
Period tap twice
Caps
Shift
Caps Shift