PDA User Manual

Chapter 3: Get To Know The Ikôn
The Keys
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Figure 3.4 Shift-State Indicator Icon
3.3.3.2 Locking Modifier Keys
When a modifier key is locked ‘on’, it will remain active until it is pressed again 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 3.5 Shift-State Indicator Icon – Locked Modifier Key
Once a modifier key is unlocked or turned off, it is no longer displayed in the shift-state in-
dicator icon.
3.3.4 The Keys
The [SHIFT] Key
The [SHIFT] key is used to display uppercase alpha characters and provide access to the
symbols above the numeric keys. You can lock this key ‘on’ so that when you press an alpha
Soft Keyboard Icon
Shift-State Indicator Icon
replaces Soft Keyboard Icon
Note: The locking behaviour of the modifier keys can be changed so that, for example,
pressing a modifier key once will lock the key ‘on’. Refer to “One Shots” on
page 125 for details. Note too that by default, the [ORANGE] key is locked ‘on’
when pressed only once.