Falcon 4400 User Manual

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Falcon

4400 Series with Windows Mobile

Table 5. Input States and their Indicators

Icon

State

Keypad

Model(s)

Function

Normal

(Numeric)

Mode

26-key

Present only on keypads with an

key. It appears when Alpha or CAPS

modes are not on.

Alpha

Mode

26-key

Press

to enter lower case alpha characters and symbols. When in Alpha

mode, the current alpha character is displayed by a keyboard indicator.

Alpha mode is persistent, which means that the system stays in Alpha mode until
you press

again.

CAPS

Mode

26-key

Press

to activate CAPS mode. CAPS mode generates upper

case alpha characters

CAPS mode is persistent; press the

keys again to generate

lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected.

48-key
52-key

Press

to activate Caps mode. Caps mode generates upper case

alpha characters

CAPS mode is normally persistent; you must press

again to gen-

erate 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

to enter FN mode.

is independent of

. Use FN mode to access the features and oper-

ations on the keypad.

48-key
52-key

Fn mode converts alpha keys to punctuation and function keys. Fn mode is acti-
vated by pressing

Shift

Mode

48-key
52-key

Shift mode converts characters to upper-case letters or punctuation. Activated by
pressing

. This state expires after a normal key is pressed unless

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.

Alt Mode

48-key
52-key

On the 48-key keypad, converts keys to system keys that allow users to access
the menu. Activated by pressing <

Alt>

. This state expires after a normal key is

pressed unless <

Alt>

is held down.

Ctrl Mode

48-key

Set keyboard shortcuts with

. You can perform functions such as Save

(

Ctrl-s

) and Find (

Ctrl-f

). Toggle on and off for text formatting (for example,

Ctrl-b

for bold,

Ctrl-i

for italics,

Ctrl-u

for underline).