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•The icon is displayed if either Shift or CAPS mode is active.
• If more than two states are active at the same time, only the last two
states are displayed in the System Tray.
Scroll between icons to view the active modes.
Table 5. Input States and their System Tray Indicators
Icon State
Keypad
Model(s)
Function
Normal
(Numeric)
Mode
26-key
Present only on keypads with an Alpha key. It appears when Alpha or CAPS
modes are not on.
Alpha
Mode
26-key
Press <Alpha> to enter lower case alpha characters and symbols. When in Alpha
mode, the current alpha character is displayed by a system tray keyboard indica-
tor.
Alpha mode is persistent, which means that the system stays in Alpha mode until
you press <Alpha> again.
CAPS
Mode
26-key
Press <Fn> + <Alpha> to activate CAPS mode. CAPS mode generates upper
case alpha characters
A-Z.
CAPS mode is persistent; press <Fn> + <Alpha> again to generate lower case
characters. Punctuation keys are not affected.
48-key
52-key
52-key NU
Press <Fn> + <SHIFT> to activate Caps mode. Caps mode generates upper
case alpha characters
A-Z.
CAPS mode is normally persistent; you must press <Fn> + <SHIFT> again to
generate lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected. If CAPS is
active, and SHIFT is active, no icon is displayed.
Fn Mode
26-key
Press <Fn> to enter FN mode.
<Fn> is independent of the <Alpha> key. Use FN mode to access the features
and operations on the keypad.
48-key
52-key
52-key NU
Fn mode converts alpha keys to punctuation and function keys. Fn mode is acti-
vated by pressing <Fn>.
Shift
Mode
48-key
52-key
52-key NU
Shift mode converts characters to upper-case letters or punctuation. Activated by
pressing <Shift>. This state expires after a normal key is pressed unless the
<Shift> key is held down.
Toggles to make the next alpha character capitalized. If Shift state is active when
the Caps State is active, no icon is displayed.