[duxuser] Re: Jumping to codes with the initial letter
- From: "George Bell" <info@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: <duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Thu, 24 Oct 2002 16:14:24 +0100
Hi Ramona,
Things have indeed changed in DBT 10.4.
I forget the exact term for the process, but when you press say the letter c,
it will obviously take you to the start of the alphabetical items beginning
with that letter.
The next (second) letter you press will take you to the beginning of the
section within the c group containing that letter.
Let's say I have a list like:-
butter
cat1
cat2
comp1
comp2
crazy1
crazy2
crowd1
crowd2
dog
If I press c, I will land on "cat1". If I next press the letter r, it will
jump four items forward to items beginning with "cr" as in "crazy". If I then
type the letter o, I'll jump to items beginning "cro" as in "crowd". To get to
"crowd" the old way would require 7 presses of the letter c.
In relatively unpopulated lists, it's not so much of a problem, but in large
lists especially, this is the preferred method.
George Bell
Techno-Vision Systems Ltd
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ramona Mandy [mailto:rmandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx]
> Sent: 24 October 2002 00:13
> To: duxuser@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Subject: [duxuser] Jumping to codes with the initial letter
>
>
> Hi All,
>
> I have noticed a little thing in DBT 10.4 which is a little
> inconvenient
> but certainly not a show stopper. In 10.3, if I wanted to insert the
> compinline code to some selected text, I would hit F8 then
> press the letter
> c three times to get to that item then press Enter. In 10.4,
> to do the
> same, I have to press F8, then c once then arrow down to the
> desired item.
> In otherwords, repeated pressing of a letter in the F8 menu
> will not move
> you through the items beginning with that letter.
>
> Isn't it funny how having to move one hand over to the arrow keys
> occasionally when once I didn't have to can seem like a nuisance.
> Afterall, it's no more keystrokes than before but you do tend to miss
> little things that you once had.
>
> Ramona
>
>
> Ramona Mandy
> BrailleNote Promotions Officer
> Pulse Data Australia
> 27 Palmer Street
> South Melbourne VIC 3205
>
> Tel: 03 9686 2601
> Fax: 02 9686 2855
> Email: rmandy@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Web: www.pulsedata.com
>
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