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Chapter 3: Getting To Know The WORKABOUT PRO
Modifier Keys
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Psion Teklogix WORKABOUT PRO With Windows Mobile 2003 SE User Manual
Note: Almost all keys can be reprogrammed to suit your requirements.
3.6.1 Modifier Keys
The <CTRL>, <ALT>, <ALPHA/ORANGE> and <FN/BLUE> keys are modifier
keys. Pressing a modifier key changes the function of the next key pressed. For
example, alpha keys are displayed in orange print above the numeric key <1>.
Pressing the <ALPHA/ORANGE> key followed by the <1> key displays the letter
a rather than the number 1.
The <CTRL> and <ALT> keys operate much like a desktop keyboard except that
they are not chorded—two keys cannot be held down simultaneously. The modifier
key must be pressed first followed by the key whose function you want modified.
Activating Modifier Keys
When a modifier key is pressed once, it is represented in the shift-state indicator
icon in the taskbar at the bottom of the screen. When the next key is pressed, the
modifier key becomes inactive, the shift-state indicator icon disappears from the
taskbar, and the soft keyboard icon is once again displayed.
Locking Modifier Keys
Note: The locking behaviour of the modifier keys can be changed so that, for
example, pressing any of these keys once will lock the keys ‘on’. Refer to
“One Shots” on page 82 for details. Note too that by default, the
<ORANGE> key is locked ‘on’ when pressed only once.
When a modifier key is pressed twice to lock it ‘on’, it will remain active until it is
pressed a third time to unlock or turn it off.
To help you identify when a modifier key is locked ‘on’, the key is represented in
the shift-state indicator icon with a black frame around it.
Figure 3.9 Shift-State Indicator Icon – Locked Modifier Key
Once a modifier key is unlocked, the shift-state indicator icon is replaced by the soft
keyboard icon in the taskbar.