Use the f-chord from in any file to find a string of text. ----- Original Message ----- From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves@xxxxxxxxxxxx> To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 4:04 AM Subject: [blazie-support] Re: how do I work this thing??? > > Hi Lisa -- > Thank you so much for the info. Very useful, albeit I had to experiment a > little to get the exact keystrokes. > I wonder if different models have slightly different commands... > The 36 chord in the menus menu does give the shortcut character -- very > useful, thanx. However, I found on my brl lite the only way I could get out > of the status menu was with the e chord, which seems to be an exit command > in some contexts. > As for the th chord getting me to the help file, that doesn't work in all > contexts, and what I think would be really nice (already forming my wish > list...;) is to have the th chord bring up a context menu kind of like in > Windows. The reason is that it's a pain to have to switch context and > search through a 9 page help file for simple questions and then try and > return to where you left off. But I suppose as I get used to using this it > will get to be more natural. > And who would have thought the z chord would exit the calculator. The e > chord does something else -- I think retrieving a stored value or something. > Would be nice if e chord always meant "exit"... > > Anyway, thanks again for taking the time to reply. > I really do like this thing, nits and all. > --le > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Lisa Hall" <lehtex@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> > To: <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 5:59 AM > Subject: [blazie-support] Re: how do I work this thing??? > > > > > > Hi Lee, > > > > If you want to find out the highlighted letter for each feature, hit 3-6 > > chord. it will tell you in both Braille and speech if speech is on. I > have > > been a Blazie notetaker user since 1988 and I am willing to help. If you > > get stuck on a command, press the th sign dots 1-4-5-6 chord brings up the > > help file. If you have the long help file, it is about 9 electronic pages > > or about 36k I think. each electronic page usually takes about 4,096 or > 4k. > > In the older version of the firmware, we used to expand the page size when > > the memory block is full. To find out what file is open at this time, hit > o > > for option, f for file and the letter t to find out what file is opened. > If > > you are in the file menu, hit the th sign chords 1-4-5-6 and you will be > in > > a menu. To find out the highlighted letter, hit chord 3-6. If you are in > a > > calculator and you want to exit the program, hit z chord dots 1-3-5-6. I > > hope this may be of assistance. Any time you are in the status menu, file > > menu, or the parameter menu, you are in a menu. use dot a chord to go up > a > > menu and dot 4 chord to go down a menu. Use dots 3-6 to find out > highlighted > > letter. > > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: "Laura Eaves" <leaves@xxxxxxxxxxxx> > > To: "notetaker list" <blazie-support@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> > > Sent: Sunday, August 25, 2002 3:28 AM > > Subject: [blazie-support] how do I work this thing??? > > > > > > > > > > I've been plpaying around with my brl lite and have some questions. > > > I really like the features on it and wonder why I never got one of these > > > before... > > > However, I've been having trouble figuring out how to do some things... > > > > > > 1) If there's nothing on the display or every movement causes it to > print > > > "file is empty", how do I determine what file it's in? > > > Or, more generally, how do I tell what state the thing is in so as to > > avoid > > > the unexpected? > > > Or better yet, is there such a thing as a context menu on this thing? > > > > > > 2) when I'm finished using the calculator, how do I get out of it? I > > tried > > > everything I could think of but got syntax errors or calculator mode > > changes > > > no matter what I typed -- everything but exiting the calculator. I even > > > tried typing "exit", but of course that failed. I had to turn the > machine > > > off and back on again to get out of it. > > > > > > 3) when I'm in the status menu, how do I determine the shortcut > character > > > that goes with a specific option? For example, I want to turn speech on > > and > > > off, which takes forever unless you happen to know that the s chord will > > > take you directly to that option. Entering the status menu with 34 > chord > > > then arrowing through all the options takes forever. It would be nice > if > > > there was a way to learn the shortcuts. (Ok, maybe it's in the manual, > > but > > > I haven't read much in it yet -- I think things like this should be > built > > > into the software, not hidden away in a manual.) > > > > > > I'm sure I'll have more questions as time goes on. > > > But meanwhile, I do like this thing... > > > Comments welcome! Thanx! :) > > > --le > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >