Advanced Topics
5000 Mobile Terminal Product Guide (5000-REV2.21)
Chapter 7-65
To add a new font to the 5000 Mobile Terminal font list, see
Downloading Images to Flash Memory
in
Chapter 7.
Selecting a New Font
To select a new font, touch the
Key Font
area on the main Keyboard Menu Selection Bar. A list of
available fonts stored on the Mobile Terminal will now appear on the selection bar. Select the font you
wish to use by touching the appropriate area. Then select the key that you wish this font to be applied
to. Follow the on screen instructions presented on the bar.
See
Entering Key Text
for information on how actual characters with different fonts are displayed.
Entering Key Text
The 5000 Mobile Terminal allows you to enter custom text on your keyboard keys. This is done by
selecting the
Key Text
area on the main Keyboard Menu Selection Bar. Once you have selected this
command, select the key that you wish to modify. A standard ASCII keyboard will pop-up, which will
allow you to enter custom key text.
To select other fonts or different character sets like Chinese or Korean, touch the <
Ins>
key. A list of
available characters and symbols will now appear. Select the characters or symbols from the list as
you wish.
See
Selecting a New font
for information on how you can change the character/font set for a particular
key.
Entering Key Data
To assign a command to a custom key, select the
Key Data
area on the main Keyboard Menu Selection
Bar. Follow the on screen instructions. Select the key that you wish the command to be assigned to.
Enter the command using the pop-up keyboard.
If you wish to assign special commands or use different characters, press the <
Ins>
key or the <
Clear>
key.
Saving Custom Keyboards
Once you are done designing your custom keyboard, you must save it to use it in the future.
After you are finished designing your keyboard, the
Save
command will appear on the menu bar. The
Mobile Terminal will allow you to save a maximum of 4 custom keyboards. Use the <
Tab
>/<
BTab
>
key to scroll through the list of keyboards until you find an empty spot. An empty spot is denoted by “-
-----”. Once you have found an empty spot, touch the
Save Current
area on the menu bar. A
standard ASCII keyboard will pop-up, which you may use to enter the new keyboard name. Once you
have entered the name and pressed <
Enter>
, your keyboard will be saved.
