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Indicates that you tried to enter an invalid character into a numeric field when the
numeric-lock feature was active. The keyboard numeric-lock feature can be overridden by using a Shift
key. The keyboard can be unlocked and the indicator removed by pressing the Reset key.
Indicates that you tried to enter data in the wrong location. This will occur when you
attempt to do any of the following:
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Enter, insert, erase, or delete a character when the cursor is in a protected field or at a field
attribute location.
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Perform a cursor-select operation when the cursor is not in a valid cursor-select field.
The keyboard can be unlocked and the indicator removed by pressing the Reset key.
Indicates that you cannot enter any data because the application program has
disabled the keyboard following an entry.
Indicates that you attempted to insert characters into an unprotected field when the cursor
was at the end of the field, or you attempted to word wrap to the next line when there was not enough
space to enable a word wrap.
The keyboard can be unlocked and the indicator removed by pressing the Reset key.
Typing Direction
Indicates the direction in which characters are displayed on the screen when typed.
The direction is toggled between left-to-right (normal) and right-to-left by pressing the keys Shift + / on
the keypad.
Bilingual Keyboard Mode
Indicates whether the National (N) or Latin (L) character set is active when a code
page that supports a bilingual keyboard is selected. Pressing the keys Shift + - on the keypad will
toggle between the two character sets.
Numeric Lock
Indicates that the numeric lock function is enabled and the current cursor is in a numeric field.
When the numeric lock function is on, the current cursor is in an unprotected field and the keyboard is
in lowercase shift, you can only use the 0 to 9, decimal sign (.), minus (-), and Dup keys.
Insert Mode
Indicates that the keyboard is in Insert mode. Existing characters to the right of the cursor will
move to make room for new characters that are entered. Insert mode can be disabled by pressing the
Reset or SysReq key, or by performing any action that sends data to the host, such as pressing the
Enter, Clear, PA, or PF keys.
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