PAC Mate QX400 by Freedom Scientific Owner’s Manual December 2003 Table of Contents Welcome PAC Mate Basics PAC Mate Hardware Setting Up PAC Mate Connecting the PAC Mate Using PAC Mate Programs Contacting Freedom Scientific Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands Appendix B: Special Considerations Appendix C: Unsupported Items Appendix D: PAC Mate with a Braille Display PAC Mate Portable Braille Display Focus Series Display Welcome Congratulations on your purchase of the PAC Mate QX400. The QX400 is a Personal Data Assistant designed and developed by Freedom Scientific. The QX400 uses X-scale technology for higher performance and lower power consumption that results in a longer battery life. What is PAC Mate? The PAC Mate line of computers combines the Windows? Pocket PC 2003 platform with JAWS? screen reading technology. It offers the latest in mobile technology making it a powerful, portable information management tool. Key features include: *JAWS screen reader for Windows CE *QWERTY keyboard *Intel XScale 400 MHz processor *64 MB RAM *32 MB Flash ROM *2 CompactFlash Type ll Slots *USB On-the-Go automatically sets PAC Mate to Host or Client mode *ActiveSync *Standard Infrared Wireless Input/Output Port *Rechargeable Battery *Internal microphone and external microphone jack allowing you to record quick voice notes *Internal speaker and stereo headphone jack *Dual stereo mixer so you can listen to media files and JAWS at the same time Getting Help PAC Mate has a variety of ways to get help and provides this help as conveniently as possible. One of the ways PAC Mate provides help is through Tutor Messages. Tutor Messages provide information on how to navigate and use various controls. You can have PAC Mate repeat these messages by pressing INSERT+TAB. You can disable this feature and still listen to the messages with INSERT+TAB. For more information on Tutor Messages, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, Verbosity. Another way PAC Mate provides help is with Access Key Messages. Access keys are the keys you press to move directly to a control or an item in a menu. Access Key Messages, like Tutor Messages, are enabled by default and are announced automatically. You can disable this control in the Verbosity Settings dialog. Once disabled, you can press INSERT+COMMA to hear the access key message. Press ALT followed by the access key to move directly to that control. Help at Your Fingertips The following commands provide quick access to Help as you use PAC Mate. Description Command Control Help INSERT+F1, C Keyboard Help INSERT+F1, K Context Help INSERT+F1, H Basics for PAC Mate Help INSERT+F1, T PAC Mate Keystrokes INSERT+F1, P Windows Key Help INSERT+F1, W Layer Help Layer command followed by F1 Control Help Use INSERT+F1, C when you want to know how and what commands are used to change, enable, or set a control in a dialog. Keyboard Help Turn on this feature to explore PAC Mate commands. As you press key combinations, PAC Mate tells you which keyboard commands do what, safely - without actually performing the command. Press INSERT+F1, K again to exit keyboard help. Context Help Use INSERT+F1, H when you want to know information and the commands for the current application, window, or dialog. Basics for PAC Mate Help The command INSERT+F1, T opens the online help file, Basics for PAC Mate Help, when you need to review topics such as navigation, PAC Mate Commands, or how to access the Settings Menu. PAC Mate Keystrokes Press INSERT+F1, P when you want to open Help to PAC Mate’s online table of commands. Windows Key Help The command INSERT+F1, W gives a list of Windows Commands frequently used to operate PAC Mate. Layer Help Press the first layer command sequence followed by F1 to list all the commands in that layer. Move to a command in the list and press ENTER to activate the command. For example, pressing INSERT+S, F1 lists the settings commands, where you can adjust the speech rate and volume right from the list. Using PAC Mate’s Online Help Tip: The fastest way to open Help is to go to the Start Menu (Windows Key), press the UP ARROW once and then press ENTER or press Windows Key, H. PAC Mate’s online help uses a task-oriented approach that briefly covers the steps necessary to complete a task. To aid you, the online help is specific to the program that is running. For example, while in FSEdit, if you open Help from the Start Menu, only FSEdit Help opens. In addition, because PAC Mate’s online help is written in HTML, you can use many of Internet Explorer’s commands to navigate and read each help topic. For example, you can navigate to a topic quickly by opening a list of links with the command INSERT+F7. Or you can move easily through a table using ALT+CTRL plus the arrow keys. For added convenience, next links have been added to Help so you can easily move to the next consecutive topic. To move back, just press ALT+LEFT ARROW. If, after you go back to the previous help topic, you are not at the top of the page, press CTRL+HOME and then use the reading commands. The table below lists the Internet Explorer commands that you can use to navigate the online help. Description Command Back ALT+LEFT ARROW Refresh Page F5 Next Link TAB Prior Link SHIFT+TAB Link List INSERT+F7 Move to Next Non-Link Text N List Headings INSERT+F6 Next Heading H Prior Heading SHIFT+H First Heading CTRL+HOME, H Last Heading CTRL+END, H Read Current Cell ALT+CTRL, C Next Cell ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Prior Cell ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW Cell Above ALT+CTRL+UP ARROW Cell Below ALT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW First Cell ALT+CTRL+HOME Last Cell ALT+CTRL+END Visit our Web Site At Freedom Scientific, we are continually updating and improving PAC Mate documentation. To access the latest and most complete PAC Mate documentation, visit our web site at http://www.freedomscientific.com/fs_support/support_document ation.asp Documentation Conventions *A plus sign (+) is used to indicate that keys are pressed together. For example, "Press CTRL+RIGHT ARROW to move to and read the next word." *A layered command is a two-part command. Press the keys in the first sequence, release them all, and then press the keys in the second sequence. For example, "press INSERT+S, DOWN ARROW to read the current window title." *The term program is synonymous with the term application and may be used interchangeably in this manual. *Another convention is the reference regarding the active state of an item. When an item is in the active state, this means that PAC Mate is focusing on the item and certain keystrokes performed affect that item. PAC Mate gives auditory feedback to indicate the active state. *In an effort to comply with the new BANA guidelines, the term contracted Braille is synonymous with the term Grade 2 Braille and the term uncontracted Braille is synonymous with the term computer Braille. These terms are used interchangeably throughout this manual. Using Windows CE with PAC Mate Using Windows CE with PAC Mate is quite easy once you master the basic skills. It is recommended that you read and learn this section as it teaches you basic PAC Mate skills needed to operate Windows CE. Starting PAC Mate Before you start your PAC Mate for the first time, plug the AC adapter into a wall plug and then plug the other end into the PAC Mate’s power jack found on the right back side of the unit. Next, press the On/Off switch, which is next to the power jack on the right. To indicate that it is on, the PAC Mate uses an audible low high sound, and to indicate that it is off, it uses a high low sound. After a few seconds you will hear, "JAWS for Pocket PC is ready." You can immediately start using your PAC Mate while it is charging, but charge the battery for at least four hours before using your PAC Mate without the AC adapter. Keyboard Orientation and Basic Commands The PAC Mate QX400 keyboard consists of six rows of keys with the QWERTY keyboard complete in the first five rows from the bottom up. The bottom row, from left to right, includes: FN, CTRL, Windows Key, ALT, Backslash, SPACEBAR, INS, ALT, Windows Key, and the Application Key. The 12 function keys follow the ESC key, which is the first key on the left in the top row. To help you stay oriented, there are three finger bumps on the QX400 surface, above and between the Function Keys: F4 and F5, F8 and F9, F12 and the PrtSc Key. The arrow keys are in the lower right corner of the keyboard with the Up Arrow above the other three arrows. Along the right side of the keyboard from top to bottom, are the DELETE, HOME, PAGE UP, PAGE DOWN and END keys. JAWS Laptop keystrokes have been used where possible and with the inclusion of the INSERT Key as the JAWS Key, experienced JAWS users should have no problem learning the PAC Mate commands. To use PAC Mate you only need to know the basic function keys and ten common commands: *ESC (Cancel or ESC) *ALT (Menu Bar) *Windows Key (Start Menu) *Arrow Keys (UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT ARROW) *ENTER *TAB *SHIFT+TAB *CTRL (Stop Speech) *INSERT+S, UP ARROW (Increase Volume) *INSERT+S, DOWN ARROW (Decrease Volume) In addition, many of the PAC Mate menus allow first letter navigation. For more information on commands, please see Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands. Another command you should get familiar with right away is the Application Key. This command activates the Context Menu, which allows you to quickly perform an action on an item. For example, you can use a Context Menu to cut, copy, select all, paste, delete or create a new folder. To access a context menu, select an item such as a word in a document, a date in the Calendar View, or a file in a list view and press the Application Key. Select a command from the context menu with the arrow keys and press ENTER. Press ESC to close the menu without performing an action. The PAC Mate keyboard also has a NUM PAD layer. The NUM PAD key feature is useful if you do large amounts of numerical data entry. Activate this feature by pressing FN+SCRLK. The FN key is the key in the lower left corner and the SCRLK key is the third key from the right in the top row. To deactivate the NUM PAD keys, press FN+SCRLK a second time. The NUM PAD keys are arranged on the QX400 keyboard as follows: *7, 8, 9 on the numbers row are 7, 8, 9 on the NUM PAD. *0 on the numbers row is the ASTERISK key on the NUM PAD. *U, I, O, and P are 4, 5, 6, and DASH on the NUM PAD. *J, K, L, and SEMI COLON are 1, 2, 3, and PLUS on the NUM PAD. *M, PERIOD, and SLASH are 0, PERIOD, and SLASH on the NUM PAD. Today Screen Orientation When you turn the PAC Mate on, the Today Screen is immediately available. On the Today Screen are five default items: Owner’s Information, Appointments, Email Messages, Tasks and Battery Charge. You move to these items using the UP or DOWN ARROWS of the keyboard. You handle all menu navigation, including the Start Menu in this manner as well. To activate any of the items on the Today Screen and on the menus, press the ENTER Key. For those items on the Today Screen that open to a dialog or list view, press the ESC Key to cancel the item and return to the Today Screen. To refresh the Today Screen so that it reflects the most current information, press INSERT+ESC. Customizing the Today Screen to show only those items that you use often is an option available in the Today dialog, which is in the Settings list view under the Personal page. Regardless of where you are or what you are doing on the PAC Mate, the Start Menu is always accessible with the Windows Key. To access the Task Tray, press INSERT+F11 and use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROW keys to move to each item. There is one more component to the Today Screen that you may find convenient. Like all programs on the PAC Mate, the Today Screen has a menu. From this menu you can quickly; create an appointment, task or note, enter a contact, write an e- mail message, and open a Word document or Excel spreadsheet. To access this menu, press the ALT key. Note: As you explore your PAC Mate, you will occasionally come across unsupported features or phrases such as the words, “tap here.” In this instance, instead of tapping, press ENTER. Program Layout and Menus Typically, most programs have a menu bar with menus such as New, Edit, or Tools. The menus on the menu bar are accessed with the ALT command. Press ENTER on the menu you want to open. Many menus have submenus, which frequently are announced. For submenus that are announced, you can press ENTER or the RIGHT ARROW to open the submenu and use the LEFT ARROW to return to the menu. For submenus that are unannounced, you cannot return to the menu with the LEFT ARROW, instead you must press ALT again. Similarly, once you press ENTER to open a menu you cannot use the arrow keys to move to and from other menus as you can with desktop Windows. Instead you must press ALT again. Working with Dialogs and Controls Dialogs are smaller Windows that usually appear from a menu choice. They contain controls used to configure various settings. There are many types of controls in a dialog, such as edit fields, combo boxes, and slide controls. In dialogs, the TAB key moves you forward through the controls, while SHIFT+TAB moves you backwards. Multi-Page Dialogs A Multi-Page dialog is a dialog with multiple pages. When you open a multi-page dialog, the name of the current page is announced after the name of the dialog. For example, "Sounds and Notifications, Volume page." To quickly move between pages of a multi-page dialog, press CTRL+TAB or CTRL+SHIFT+TAB. Radio Buttons Radio buttons are presented in a dialog as two or more small circles. This control type allows exclusive selections in that only one radio button in a group can be selected. Use DOWN ARROW to move through the radio buttons, and when you land on the appropriate choice, press TAB to move to the next control. Note: Only one radio button in a group can be selected at a time. Edit Fields Edit fields are similar to the edit fields in word processing programs. You can type text into an edit field and use any of the Reading Commands to move about your typed text. For multi-line edit fields, you may type more than one line in an edit field. Edit Combo Box An edit combo box is a combination of two controls: an edit field and a list box. You can either type in a value or press ALT+DOWN ARROW to open a list box. The list contains suggestions for the contents of this field. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move through the list, and use ALT+UP ARROW or ESC to close the list box. If you do not find your choice in the list box, type it in the edit field. Combo Box A plain combo box differs from the edit combo box. You must make your selection from suggestions provided by the program. Either press DOWN ARROW to move through the choices, or press the first letter of the choice you want to make. Note: When you encounter a combo box you may need to press DOWN ARROW twice in order to move to the next item. Edit Spin Box The edit spin box is also a combination of two controls. You can type in this field, or use the arrow keys to move through the list of suggestions. Edit spin boxes are common for fields that require numeric values. Left/Right Slider Left/right sliders are oriented horizontally. You can use your LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to adjust this control. For some slider controls, you can PAGE UP and PAGE DOWN to move by larger increments. Check Box A check box can be checked or unchecked. PAC Mate announces the current state of a check box when you move to it. Press SPACEBAR to check or clear a check box. In a list box with several items, use the arrow keys to navigate the list of options that have check boxes associated with them, and press SPACEBAR to check or clear the check boxes. Buttons Buttons are common in dialogs and, in the Pocket PC environment, require special consideration. In most dialogs, pressing ENTER activates a button. Also, the default button in a dialog always responds to ENTER, even if another control is active. For example, in the Voice Settings dialog, just press ENTER after adjusting the speech rate to activate the OK button, which closes the dialog and saves your changes. List View When you start using PAC Mate regularly, you will notice that one of the items common among all Microsoft programs is the list view. The list view lists the files you have created in a particular program and is seen whenever you open a program or close a file. To hear the available items in a list view, press UP or DOWN ARROW. As you move through the list, the first column of information is read. To hear information from all columns for the current item, press INSERT+I, the Read Current Line command. In the list view, you always have the context menu (Application Key) available. This context menu offers a quick way of performing actions such as cut, copy, delete, rename, move, select all etc. To perform an action on an item(s), use the DOWN ARROW to select an item or if you want to select multiple items press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Then, press Application Key on the selected item(s). From the context menu select a command and press ENTER. Of course, instead of pressing the Application Key you can always use equivalent commands such as CTRL+X, CTRL+C, DEL or CTRL+A. Tree View In a tree view, items are presented in a hierarchical format, which is organized vertically on the screen. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to move through the tree view. When you hear, "level zero closed," press RIGHT ARROW to open that level. You are then presented with more information beneath it. Press DOWN ARROW to move through the next level. If an item is closed, press RIGHT ARROW again to expand that item. If you want to close a level, press LEFT ARROW. Note: The PAC Mate only announces the level number when it changes. Using File Explorer File Explorer, like Windows Explorer, gives you access to all the files on your PAC Mate. To open File Explorer, press Windows Key, P to open the Programs submenu. Then press F to open File Explorer. When you first launch File Explorer, you hear “My Documents list view, Business folder, one of three.” The phrase, “My Documents list view,” means that the My Documents folder is open listing all of its folders and files. The phrases, “Business folder, one of three,” means that the Business folder is selected and it is one of the three subfolders in the My Documents folder. To view all the files and folders on your PAC Mate, from the list view press ALT. Move to Show By and press ENTER. Then move to My Device and press ENTER again. To navigate among the folders and files, use the commands listed in the following table. Description Command Prior File/Folder UP ARROW Next File/Folder DOWN ARROW Open File/Folder RIGHT ARROW or ENTER Up One Folder Level LEFT ARROW Select File or Folder SPACEBAR Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T In File Explorer, the menu bar (ALT) contains: Edit, Open My Documents, Storage Card, Show By, and Sort By. To open a file or folder, select it from the list view and press ENTER. To quickly delete, rename, copy, or move a file or folder, select it from the list view by pressing the SPACEBAR and press DEL or open the Context Menu with Application Key and choose Delete. To select multiple items, use SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Here are some examples of how File Explorer can help you maintain and manage your files. Moving or copying a file(s) to a Compact Flash card: 1. Select the file(s) you want to move. 2. Open the context menu. 3. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select Copy or Move a File and press ENTER. 4. Next, press ALT to access the menu bar and select Storage Card. 5. Navigate to the folder you want to store the files in and open it. 6. Press ALT again and select Edit, and Paste. Sorting files by their type: 1. From the list view, press CTRL+T. 2. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys select Type and press ENTER. Creating a new folder: 1. In File Explorer, decide where you want to create a new folder. You can create folders at every level except at My Device. 2. Press ALT and press ENTER on Edit. 3. Use the arrow keys to move to New Folder and press ENTER. 4. When you hear the prompt, “New Folder,” type in a name for the folder you have just created. Network Log On Anytime you want to access a network device with your PAC Mate, you must enter the network path and then log on with a username and password. In the following directions, a network embosser is used as the example. 1. In File Explorer, press ALT and choose Open from the menu. 2. Type the path to your embosser and press ENTER. PAC Mate places the two backslashes at the beginning of the edit field for you. The path will look something like, \\servername\Braille_device. 3. When done, press ENTER. 4. When prompted, press TAB to move through the fields and type the username and password required to log into the network resource where the embosser is located. You may also need to type your domain name if required. 5. After filling in the required fields, pressing ENTER should connect you to the server (network resource) where the embosser is located. If you choose to save your password in File Explorer, you will not need to open File Explorer each time you want to emboss to a network embosser. Using the Find Feature 1. Open the Start Menu (Windows Key), move to Find, and press ENTER. 2. Enter the text, topic or subject you are trying to find. Tip: If you have looked for this text before, press DOWN ARROW in the Find box and select the name from the list. 3. In the Type combo box, use the arrow keys to narrow your search by selecting the appropriate item in the combo where you will find it. 4. Press TAB to move to the Go button and press ENTER. 5. Press TAB to move to the Results list, use the arrow keys to select what you are looking for and then press ENTER on the to open it. Personalizing Your PAC Mate If you will be using your PAC Mate in public places, then this section is important because it discusses how to personalize, password protect, and identify your PAC Mate. This section is also important if you want to purchase any of the off the shelf programs available for PAC Mate as it discusses how to locate hardware and software information. Entering Owner Information In addition to placing an identification card in the ID pocket of your carrying case, you can also enter this information in the Owner Information dialog of the PAC Mate. To do this, go to the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press O to move to Owner Information and then press ENTER. When this dialog opens, the Identification page is active for you to enter your personal information. Place a check (SPACEBAR) in the “Show information when device is turned on” check box so that if you lose your PAC Mate, it may be returned to you. If you want to add any additional information, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. Type the information you want to add and press the SPACEBAR to select the check box if you want to display this information when the PAC Mate is on. Press ENTER to save the changes and close the dialog, and then press ESC to return to the Today Screen. Protecting PAC Mate Information As you become familiar with PAC Mate and begin to truly use it as your personal data assistant, you may find that you are storing more and more personal or confidential information. For example, names and phone numbers of important contacts, credit card numbers, and work or school related documents. To protect you from data theft, your PAC Mate allows you to password protect your information. Go to the Start menu (Windows Key), press S to choose Settings. Press P to move to Password and then press ENTER. In the Password Settings dialog, use the SPACEBAR to select how long your PAC Mate must be idle before the password is required check box. Use LEFT and RIGHT ARROW to choose the idle time. Press TAB and select one of the two radio buttons to indicate the type of password you would like to use: simple 4 digit password or strong alphanumeric password. To type the password, press TAB to move to the Password edit box and, if necessary, confirm the password. It is helpful to record this password and store it elsewhere for safekeeping. You can also provide a hint in case you forget your password. From the Password Settings dialog, press CTRL+TAB to access the Hint page. Press TAB and enter your hint in the edit box. Note: If you choose to use an alphanumeric password it must be at least seven characters long and contain a combination of uppercase and lowercase letters, numerals, or punctuation. When you are done press ENTER, then ESC to return to the Today Screen. Now, when you turn your PAC Mate on it will require the password to access it. Caution: If you forget your password, you must perform a hard reset to clear the memory before you can access your PAC Mate. This erases all files and data you have created and programs you have installed. For this reason, it is recommended that you use ActiveSync to create a backup file of all of your programs and data so they can be restored. Locating the PAC Mate Serial Number The PAC Mate serial number identifies your PAC Mate in Freedom Scientific’s product database. This number, found in the center of the bottom surface, is printed and in Braille. It may be helpful to record and store this number for safekeeping. Finding Firmware Information Anytime you call Freedom Scientific's Technical Support, you will need to have your serial number and other information available. This information is found in the Version Information dialog, which is accessed using the command INSERT+F1, A. Knowing About Pocket PC To learn more about your PAC Mate system go to the About multi-page dialog. Here you will find information on Pocket PC software version, processor type, memory amount, device ID, and Copyright notifications. To view this information, go to the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Press A to move to About and then press ENTER. When the About dialog first opens, you are on the Version page. PAC Mate will automatically read the contents of this page, which includes software version, processor, memory, expansion slot, and owner information. When you are done with this page press CTRL+TAB to move to the Device ID page. On this page there is a Device Name edit field and a Description edit field. PAC Mate uses the Device name to identify itself when connecting to other computers. If you cannot connect to a network because another device is already connected using the same name, type a new name in the Device edit field. You may include a description to go with the identification. To read the copyright notice, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Copyright page. PAC Mate Basics Adjusting Speech Settings The Voice Settings dialog configures PAC Mate to speak the way that suits you best. There are two approaches you can take to adjust speech. Open the Start menu and press S to choose Settings. Next, press V twice to move to Voice Settings and press ENTER. When the Voice Settings dialog opens, the speech rate control is active. This is a slide control and requires that you use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to increase or decrease the speech rate. To move forward to the next control, press TAB. The voices control is a combo box that allows you to choose from a selection of eight voices. With combo boxes, use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to make your selection. You will hear the actual voice as you arrow through this list. Each time you move to a control, you should notice that JAWS indicates what type of control it is. For the voice pitch slide control, use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to adjust the pitch to your liking. When you are done, press TAB to move forward to the next control. The Upper Case Pitch control is a little different than anything discussed so far. It is an edit box and when you pressed TAB to move to it, you should have heard JAWS say, “Upper Case Pitch increment edit twenty.” This means that the number twenty is the increment that JAWS uses when it reads an upper case letter. To change the pitch, type in a new number using Computer Braille. When you are done, press TAB to move to the next control. The last control in this dialog is the punctuation combo box. This control has four choices that you can use to control the amount of punctuation that you hear. They are none, some, most or all. Use the arrow keys to select your choice. When you are done, press ENTER to return to the Settings Multi-page dialog. To exit the Settings dialog and return to the Today Screen, press ESC. The second approach to adjust speech settings uses INSERT+S, which you can press at anytime, in any program. Note: If you adjust speech with INSERT+S and later perform a warm reset (ALT+CTRL+DEL), your speech settings will revert to the previous adjustments made from the Settings dialog. The INSERT+S command is a layered commands because you only have to press INSERT+S once to have all the speech parameters settings available. For example, press INSERT+S, then use the ARROW keys to adjust the voice rate and volume. When you are done, press P until you set the punctuation to the level you want, and so on. To move out of settings, press TAB. The table below lists all the layered commands used to adjust speech. Description Command Increase Voice Rate INSERT+S, RIGHT ARROW Decrease Voice Rate INSERT+S, LEFT ARROW Increase Volume INSERT+S, UP ARROW Decrease Volume INSERT+S, DOWN ARROW Punctuation Level INSERT+S, P Screen Echo INSERT+S, S Keyboard Echo INSERT+S, K Dictionary Settings INSERT+S, D Understanding Layered Commands There are several types of keyboard combinations in the PAC Mate. Most key combinations are pressed once and released. There are also layered commands. These are layered key combinations, where one set of keys are pressed and released, then another set of keys are pressed and released, and the command runs. For example, press INSERT+S, P to set the punctuation level. Repeating layered commands allow you to press the second key combination in the sequence multiple times. For example, press INSERT+S, RIGHT ARROW to increase the speech rate. After pressing INSERT+S, press RIGHT ARROW repeatedly until the speech rate you desire is reached. If you think it's too fast, press LEFT ARROW to decrease the rate. You don't have to press INSERT+S again unless you pressed a key combination that is not assigned to the second layer for repeating commands that start with INSERT+S. If you do press the first key combination in a layered command, followed by a key combination that is not assigned to the second layer, the PAC Mate plays a sound to indicate that the command is invalid. The PAC Mate also provides help for Layered Commands. Press the first layer command sequence followed by F1 to display a listing of all the commands in that layer. Move to a command in the list and press ENTER to activate the command. For example, press INSERT+S, F1 to list the settings commands. Adjust the speech rate and volume right from the list. Working with Text This section explains how to read and manipulate text, lists all the associated commands and provides examples on the more frequently used actions performed with text. Reading Depending on what you are trying to achieve, you may find reading by character, sentence or paragraph more suitable than reading with the Say All command (INSERT+A). For instance, if you are trying to understand the syntax of a paragraph, you may want to read by line or by sentence. If you want to know how a word is spelled, you would want to read by character or press the command for “Spell Current Word” (INSERT+K twice quickly). The table below lists all the reading/moving commands available on PAC Mate. Description Command Prior Character INSERT+M Next Character INSERT+PERIOD Current Character INSERT+COMMA Current Character Phonetic INSERT+COMMA twice quickly Prior Word INSERT+J Next Word INSERT+L Current Word INSERT+K Spell Current Word INSERT+K twice quickly Prior Line INSERT+U Next Line INSERT+O Current Line INSERT+I Prior Sentence INSERT+Y Next Sentence INSERT+N Current Sentence INSERT+H Prior Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+U Next Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+O Current Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+I Page Up PAGE UP Page Down PAGE DOWN Alternate Reading Commands Alternate reading commands use the arrow keys. LEFT and RIGHT ARROW move and read horizontally. LEFT ARROW is for prior; RIGHT ARROW is for next. The UP and DOWN ARROW move and read vertically. UP ARROW is for prior; DOWN ARROW is for next. Press them individually for line, add CTRL for paragraph, or press PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN to move by page. File Margins The HOME and END keys let you move to the margins of your document (i.e., margins of the current line, or top/bottom of the file). Just press HOME to move to the beginning of a line or END to move to the end. To read from the beginning of the line to the current cursor position, press INSERT+HOME. To read from the cursor position to the end of the line, press INSERT+END. To move to the top of a file, press CTRL+HOME. To move to the bottom of a file, press CTRL+END. Below is a table that lists the commands used for moving about the edges of a text document. Description Command Move to Beginning of Line HOME Move to End of Line END Move to Top of File CTRL+HOME Move to Bottom of File CTRL+END Read from Beginning of Line INSERT+HOME Read to End of Line INSERT+END Say All When you want to read text in its entirety without stopping, use the Say All command (INSERT+A). With Say All, PAC Mate reads text from the point where you initiate the command to the end of the document or until you press the Stop Speech command (CTRL). During a “Say All” there are several commands you can use to move swiftly through the text you are reading. For example, you can press the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW to rewind or fast-forward through a document. In addition, you can decrease or increase the speech rate and volume. This table lists the commands available during a Say All. Description Command Say All INSERT+A Rewind LEFT ARROW Fast Forward RIGHT ARROW Increase Speech Rate PAGE DOWN Decrease Speech Rate PAGE UP Stop Speech CTRL Editing While there are many aspects to editing a document, this section focuses on the commands used to edit text and provides an example with their implementation. First, it is helpful to know that while most programs have an Edit Menu from which you can select an action, the PAC Mate has its own keyboard Edit commands. The table below lists PAC Mate’s editing commands, which can be used in any program. Description Command Undo CTRL+Z Cut CTRL+X Copy CTRL+C Paste CTRL+V Select All CTRL+A Find CTRL+F Find Next F3 Replace CTRL+H Delete DEL Key Delete Current Word CTRL+DEL Delete Prior Word CTRL+BACKSPACE In many cases, any editing that you do requires that you select text. Example: In the following two sentences, copy the word “stylus,” cut the word “pen” and then paste the word “stylus” in the place of “pen.” Do you have a pen? No, I have a stylus. If you typed these sentences into one of the word processing applications on your PAC Mate and then followed the directions, you would have had to select text twice. (Once to cut pen, and once to copy stylus.) 1. Open FSEdit (Windows Key, P), Press F until you hear and then press ENTER. 2. In the Name edit field type: Example1. When done, press ENTER. 3. Type the sentence: Do you have a pen? When you are done, press ENTER. Then type: No, I have a stylus. 4. Press LEFT ARROW to move left one character. 5. Next, select the word, stylus, by pressing CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW and copy it with CTRL+C. 6. Press the UP ARROW to move up to the prior sentence. 7. Press CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or CTRL+LEFT ARROW until you hear the word “pen,” then press CTRL+SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW to select pen or you can press SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW to select it by character so the question mark is not included. 8. Now, press CTRL+X to cut the word pen, then press CTRL+V to paste the word stylus. The following two tables present all of the selecting commands available on PAC Mate. Selecting Commands Description Command Select Prior Character INSERT+SHIFT+M Select to Next Character INSERT+SHIFT+PERIOD Select Prior Word INSERT+SHIFT+J Select to Next Word INSERT+SHIFT+L Select Prior Line INSERT+SHIFT+U Select Next Line INSERT+SHIFT+O Select Prior Sentence INSERT+SHIFT+Y Select to Next Sentence INSERT+SHIFT+N Select Prior Paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Select to Next Paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Select Page Up SHIFT+PAGE UP Select Page Down SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Read Selected Text INSERT+SHIFT+A Alternate Selecting Commands Alternate selection commands are extensions of the alternate reading commands. For example, SHIFT+LEFT ARROW selects the prior character, and SHIFT+RIGHT ARROW selects to the next character. Add CTRL to select by word. SHIFT+UP ARROW selects the prior line, and SHIFT+DOWN ARROW selects to the next line. Selecting File Edges Commands Description Command Select to Beginning of Line SHIFT+HOME Select to End of Line SHIFT+END Select to Top of File CTRL+ SHIFT+HOME Select to Bottom of File CTRL+ SHIFT+END Formatting Like the Edit Menu, many programs provide a Format Menu or dialog where you can change the appearance of text. But rather than use a menu or dialog, you should get familiar with PAC Mate’s keyboard formatting commands as they are quick and easy to use. The tables below list the formatting commands available on PAC Mate. Formatting Commands Description Command Bold ALT+F, B Italic ALT+F, I Underline ALT+F, U Strikethrough ALT+F, S Center ALT+F, C Left Justify ALT+F, L Right Justify ALT+F, R Set Font CTRL+SHIFT+F Uppercase Description Command Caps Lock On/Off CAPS LOCK Key Inserting Information Description Command Insert Date F5 Insert Time SHIFT+F5 Insert Page Break CTRL+ENTER New Paragraph ENTER pressed twice Insert File Text ALT+I, F Much of the process used to format text is similar to the process involved in editing text. Example2: Center the following word “pac mate.” Capitalize p, a, c and m. Then bold the whole word. 1. Open FSEdit (Windows Key, P), Press F until you hear and then press ENTER. 2. In the Name edit field type: Example2. When done, press ENTER. 3. Type the word: pac mate. 4. Press ALT+F, C to center the word. (There is no need to move to the beginning of the word to center it.) 5. Press the LEFT ARROW to move left by character. Stop when you hear the letter “a.” 6. Then select to the beginning of the line with SHIFT+HOME 7. Next, press CAPS LOCK and retype p, a, c and m in uppercase. 8. Now, press HOME, and SHIFT+END. This moves you to the beginning of the line so you can select all the text to the end of the line. 9. Last, to make everything bold, press ALT+F, B. (To unselect the word PAC Mate, press the RIGHT ARROW.) Now that you have created a title for your document, you are on your way to writing its content. When you press ENTER to start your first sentence, it will be centered. To left justify, press ALT+F, L. Embossing Embossing a document can be done only in the FSEdit program. This section covers only the basics of embossing. For more information on this topic, please see FSEdit, Embossing a Document. Embossing is initiated from FSEdit’s Emboss dialog. To open the Emboss dialog you must open the File Menu (ALT, ENTER) and select Emboss (E). With the Emboss dialog open, you have several controls that allow you to change the way your document is embossed. If you do not want to change any of the parameters and are ready to emboss, press ENTER. Printing Your PAC Mate offers several printing solutions. Perhaps the most widely known solution is to synchronize your PAC Mate documents and print from your desktop or laptop computer and printer. With this solution, you create a partnership with ActiveSync through the USB or infrared. Another solution, which may be less widely known, uses a Pocket PC printing utility called PrintPocketCE. This easy-to- use program lets you print Pocket Word, Excel and Outlook files directly from your PAC Mate to a PrintPocketCE compatible printer. You find the PrintPocketCE program in the PrintPocketCE folder on the User’s Documentation CD. Once you add the program to your PAC Mate, go to the Programs submenu and select PrintPocketCE. The online help that comes with this product explains most of its important features. The latest solution recently added to PAC Mate is the ability to print directly to a printer from FSEdit. Copying Files To and From PAC Mate A procedure that has received little coverage is your ability to copy all program files to and from your PAC Mate and PC regardless of the type of partnership you establish in ActiveSync. To copy files from your PC to your PAC Mate, first locate, select, and copy the desired file(s). Then in ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+T. From the Tools menu select Explore. This directly opens Mobile Device on your PC. Next, select a folder and paste your files. Your files immediately go through the conversion process and transfer to the PAC Mate. To copy files to your PC, the process is the same except that you go to Mobile Device first, copy the files, and then paste the files in the desired folder on your PC. Adding Programs Before you purchase an off-the-shelf program for your PAC Mate, make sure JAWS supports it and that it is compatible with the Pocket PC 2003 platform and your PAC Mate’s processor. For more information on the processor, please see Personalizing Your PAC Mate, Knowing About Pocket PC. Any application that you want to add to your PAC Mate must be installed using ActiveSync and your computer. For more information on ActiveSync, please see Connecting the PAC Mate, Connecting with ActiveSync Before you can add a program to PAC Mate, you must install it on your PC. You do not need to be connected or have a partnership established. After you install the program, it remains on your PC in ActiveSync so you can add or remove it from your PAC Mate when needed. If you have yet to make a connection between your PAC Mate and your PC and only want to add or remove programs, establish a guest partnership in ActiveSync. If you want to synchronize and add or remove programs, establish a partnership. With a guest partnership, the Add/Remove Programs dialog automatically opens your PC desktop where you can check the box next to the program(s) you want added to your PAC Mate. With a standard partnership, you go to the Tools Menu (ALT+T) in ActiveSync on your PC and select Add/Remove Programs. Once you have checked the program(s) you want to add, press TAB to move to the OK button and press ENTER to close the dialog. Note: Any listed program that does not have a check in the box is removed from PAC Mate. If additional installation is required, installation dialogs will automatically open on your PAC Mate and step you through the rest of the process. Removing Programs Programs that come with your PAC mate cannot be removed. Only programs that you install can be removed. There are a couple of ways to remove programs from your PAC Mate. The easiest way is to use the Add/Remove Programs dialog in ActiveSync on your PC. This dialog lets you remove any applications you are not currently using, but because they remain on your PC, you can re-add them to your PAC Mate at anytime. To remove programs, establish a partnership in ActiveSync. With ActiveSync open on your PC desktop, go to the Tools Menu (ALT+T) and select Add/Remove Programs from the menu. In the Add/Remove Programs dialog, uncheck the box next to the program(s) you want removed from your PAC Mate. Once you have unchecked the program(s) you want removed, move to the OK button and press ENTER. The program(s) are automatically removed from your PAC Mate. Note: Any listed program that has a check in the box remains on PAC Mate. The second way to remove programs installed is to use the Remove Programs dialog on your PAC Mate. To do this, open the Start menu and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Press R twice to select Remove Programs and then press ENTER. In the Remove Programs dialog use the DOWN ARROW to select the program(s) you want removed. Press TAB to move to the Remove button and press ENTER. PAC Mate Hardware The PAC Mate has keys on the top with the ports and switches in the back. The overall size of the QX400 is 12.3 inches (31.24 cm) x 6.27 inches (15.93 cm) x 1.62 inches (4.11 cm) and weighs 2 lbs (.90 kg). Ports and Switches With the PAC Mate positioned on your lap or on a desktop as if you are going to type, you will find on the back surface from right to left: the On/Off switch, the Power Jack, the Mini A/B USB port, two CompactFlash Type II Slots, the Infrared Port, the 1/16 inch (2.5 mm) Microphone Jack and the 1/8 inch (3.5 mm) Headset Jack. The CompactFlash slots on the QX400 support both CompactFlash Type I and Type II cards and peripherals. For a list of peripherals that have been tested and are recommended for PAC Mate, please visit www.PACMateGear.com. The CompactFlash card plug into the PAC Mate in one direction only. If you insert the card the wrong way, simply remove the card, turn it over and gently reinsert the card. Never push or force the card. When you correctly insert the card, you can feel it gently plug into place. To remove a CompactFlash card, grasp and pull the card with your index finger and thumb. On the top surface, just above the F3 key on the Qwerty keyboard, is the speaker and just above the Print Screen and Scroll Lock keys is the internal microphone. The reset button is on the bottom surface of the PAC Mate. To find the reset button, turn the PAC Mate bottom side up. With your left hand, locate the left middle rubber pad. Just to left of this rubber pad is a little round protuberance with a hole. This is the reset button. Caution: The reset button erases all data and deletes all programs. For more information, please see PAC Mate Hardware, Resetting the PAC Mate. Also located on the bottom surface is the drawer/display release. You can find this release on the right side across from the reset button. To disengage the drawer or display, pull the release gently towards the right side of the unit. To connect the PAC Mate Portable Braille Display, align the display so that it slides easily into the PAC Mate. Then press against each unit until they are firmly engaged. Battery The PAC Mate is powered with a high-density lithium polymer battery that may be charged repeatedly and at any time within the battery cycle without losing capacity. When the battery has only 20% of its charge remaining, the PAC Mate announces a warning that the battery is low. At 12% of battery life, the PAC Mate alerts you that the battery is critically low and after 2 minutes the PAC Mate will automatically turn off. Once the battery charger is connected, the battery takes approximately 4 hours to recharge. You can work with your PAC Mate while your battery is recharging without harming the unit. When you get ready to charge your PAC Mate, you must charge the battery with the AC adapter supplied with the unit. Checking Available Battery Charge For convenience, the Today Screen indicates the percentage of battery charge available. To refresh the Today Screen so that it reflects the most current battery charge, press INSERT+ESC. For more information, please see PAC Mate Hardware, Power Management. Note: If you do not refresh the screen before checking the percentage of battery charge available, you will not receive an accurate measurement. Power Management Whenever possible, use your PAC Mate with the AC adapter plugged to external power, especially when connecting to a PC, using a Compact Flash card, a modem or other peripheral device such as a Braille display. This saves your battery for those situations when you are mobile and away from a power source. Regardless of whether you are using an external power source or battery, you can conserve the amount of energy your PAC Mate is using by enabling the controls available to you in the Power Settings dialog. There are two ways to access this dialog. The easiest way is to move down and press ENTER on the last of the five items on the Today Screen, which indicates the battery charge. The other way is from the Start Menu. From the Start menu (Windows Key), press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Press P to move to Power and then press ENTER. With the Power Settings dialog open, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page. Press the SPACEBAR to select the On Battery Power: Turn Off Device If Not Used For check box, then move to the associated combo box to select the number of minutes. Follow this same procedure for the next control, which turns PAC Mate off when using external power. Depending on whether you are using a WiFi accessory, you may want to keep PAC Mate from detecting any wireless signals. To get to this control option, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Wireless page and use the UP or DOWN ARROW to select the wireless signals radio buttons. For additional information on the PAC Mate battery, please see PAC Mate Hardware, Battery and Appendix B: Special Considerations, Lithium Polymer Battery. Resetting the PAC Mate Occasionally it may be necessary for you to reset your PAC Mate. Particularly when it is operating slow and sluggish or when it stops responding completely. If this occurs often, contact Freedom Scientific's hardware technical support. However, if this occurs infrequently, perform the following to get your PAC Mate running without delay. Performing a Warm Reset A warm reset does not affect your files, programs or settings. Instead, it closes all running applications and returns you to the Today Screen. To perform a warm reset, press CTRL+ALT+DEL. In the event that your PAC Mate keyboard becomes unresponsive, you can also perform a warm reset by holding the power switch in the on position for approximately 10 seconds and releasing it. The PAC Mate will then perform a warm reset. Performing a Hard Reset A hard reset should be used only as a last resort as this erases all files and data you have created and programs you have installed. For this reason, it is recommended that you use ActiveSync to create a backup file of all of your programs and data. For more information on using ActiveSync, please see Connecting the PAC Mate, Connecting with ActiveSync. To find the reset button, turn the PAC Mate upside down. Locate the left side middle rubber pad. Just to left of this rubber pad is a little round protuberance with a hole. This is the reset button. To reset your PAC Mate, use a straightened paper clip or a toothpick and press down gently. You should feel the button move slightly as you press. Carrying Case The PAC Mate carrying case is specifically designed to protect your unit. It is lightweight, water resistant and custom fitted so all ports and switches are accessible. On the bottom exterior surface is a clear plastic pocket for an ID card. The strap is adjustable to maximize comfort during transport or for using while standing. In addition, you can easily remove the strap and store it along with other items in the case’s zippered pocket. The case can be used when the Braille display is attached as well as when it is not attached. The cover flap closes securely around the base unit and extends to reach around the Braille display when it is attached. To secure the PAC Mate to the carrying case: 1. Locate the top of the case by finding for the Freedom Scientific logo. 2. Arrange the case so that the Freedom Scientific logo is positioned on the right side. 3. Open the case by unseating the Velcro flap found on the bottom of the case. 4. With the case open and oriented as described, place it on a flat surface. 5. Place the PAC Mate next to the case and orient it as if you are going to type. 6. Examine the interior of the case. Locate and remove the thin plastic peel-away backing so that the glue sides of the Velcro strips are exposed and the Velcro strips remain seated to the Velcro in the case. There are four plastic peel-away backings to remove. 7. Carefully place your PAC Mate in the case and firmly press the case against the PAC Mate so that the Velcro strips adhere to the body of the PAC Mate. 8. Locate the carrying strap for the case and connect each end to the carrying posts inset near the bottom corners of the PAC Mate. 9. When you want to remove the carrying case, gently peel it away from the PAC Mate so that the Velcro strips separate from the carrying case and remain glued to the PAC Mate. General Care of PAC Mate The plastic body of PAC Mate is made of a blend of high impact polycarbonate and heat resistant polymers that meet strict environmental standards. In order to keep your PAC Mate in good working condition, it is recommended that you store your unit in a dry place away from direct sunlight. Avoid operating the unit around liquids or food, and always operate the unit with clean, dry hands. Clean the unit with a dry cloth and do not use commercial cleaners on any part of the unit. Never use or store the PAC Mate in an environment where it will be exposed to extremes of light, temperature, moisture or vibration. Setting Up PAC Mate PAC Mate allows you to modify many settings that determine what and how much information it reads. In addition: you can set alarm notifications, choose to read time in different formats, select what programs appear in the Start Menu and in the Programs submenu, and customize the Today Screen to view only those item you want. For ease of reading and usability, this section mirrors the list view sequence in the Settings multipage dialog found in the Start Menu. Braille The Braille Settings dialog configures the behavior of your Braille display. To configure your Braille display, open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press B to move to Braille Settings and then press ENTER. *Enable Translator - Check this box if you would like to read contracted Braille on your display. *Expand Current Word - If this box along with Enable Translator is checked, then the word at the position of the Braille cursor is displayed in uncontracted Braille. If this box is not checked and Enable Translator is checked, then the Braille cursor rests at the beginning of the current word and moves as you navigate from word to word. Braille Mode: This combo box is used to determine the format of the information sent to the Braille display. The following options are available: *Line: The line of text at the current cursor position is sent to the Braille display. *Structured: Information relevant to the current cursor position is sent to the Braille display. This is the default option. *Speech Box: The same information is sent to the Braille display as is sent to the synthesizer. Braille Follows Active: If checked, the Braille cursor follows as you move the active cursor, but is not limited to where the active cursor can move. For example, when moving through a dialog, the Braille cursor moves to each control as you TAB to it. Tether Braille to Active: If checked, the Braille cursor and the active cursor are linked together. When you move the Braille cursor, the active cursor also moves. However, you cannot move the Braille cursor where the active cursor cannot move. For example, with the PC cursor active, you cannot read down to the status line of a window. 8 Dot Braille: If this check box is checked, the display uses 8 dot Braille. This check box is checked by default. Dot Firmness: Specifies the firmness of Braille dots on the display. There are five levels of firmness. Adjust the display to the level of firmness most suited to the sensitivity of your fingers. Focus Braille Display Options Button: This button is only available when connecting a Focus Braille display to PAC Mate. Use this button to open the Focus Braille Display Options dialog where you can adjust settings for a Focus Braille display. Focus Braille Display Options Placement of Status Cells: Specifies if the informational status cells are located on the left or right end of the display, or not displayed at all. The status cells are located at the left end of the display by default. Reading Line: Use the Reading Line edit spin boxes to show information within the portion of the display you want to use. The default settings are determined by the location of the status cells, and the length of the display. Buttons From within the Buttons dialog, you can assign eight hotkey commands to any of the programs on your PAC Mate. The following table lists the default program for each command. Program Command Record INSERT+SPACEBAR, 1 Calendar INSERT+SPACEBAR, 2 Contacts INSERT+SPACEBAR, 3 Tasks INSERT+SPACEBAR, 4 Inbox INSERT+SPACEBAR, 5 File Explorer INSERT+SPACEBAR, 6 FSEdit INSERT+SPACEBAR, 7 FSCalc INSERT+SPACEBAR, 8 To assign a different program to a command, open the Buttons dialog by pressing Windows Key, S. When the Settings dialog opens Buttons should already be selected in the list view. If so, press ENTER. If not, press the letter B to select it and then press ENTER. The Buttons dialog opens with the Program Buttons page. The list view, which has the eight hotkey commands and default programs, is active. You select a hotkey command by moving up or down with the arrow keys, then you press TAB to move to the Button Assignment combo box. Use the arrow keys to move through the list and select a program you want to associate with the hotkey command. To assign the next program to a hotkey, press SHIFT+TAB to move back to the list view. Press DOWN ARROW to move to INSERT+SPACEBAR+2. By default this button is set to Contacts. To change the program, repeat the steps discussed above. In addition to assigning programs to hotkey commands, you can assign commands for scrolling. These options are also listed in the Button Assignment combo box. Format There may be times when you will find it necessary to know how a document is formatted, particularly if you are editing a document. For instance, a bibliography requires book and article titles. It includes authors, publishers and dates, which all require different attributes such as italic, underline, capitalization and indentation. With PAC Mate, you can enable these items in the Format Settings dialog. To use the Format Setting dialog, open the Start Menu (Windows Key), press S to choose Settings. When you open the Settings dialog you are on the Personal page list view of the Settings multi- page dialog. If nothing is selected in the list view, press the SPACEBAR. If an item is selected when you first open the Settings dialog, press F and ENTER to open Format Settings. When you open Format Settings, you will hear PAC Mate say, “JAWS Format Settings dialog, speak text formatting check box, not checked.” Before you can enable any item in this dialog, you must enable this check box with the SPACEBAR. After, the following items can be enabled: *Attributes: Enable this check box if you want PAC Mate to announce when text is bold, italic, or underlined. *Font: Enable this check box if you want PAC Mate to announce the font name (such as Arial or Times New Roman). *Point Size: Enable this check box when you want PAC Mate to announce text point size. *Capitalization: If this check box is checked, capitalized letters are indicated. PAC Mate says "cap" to indicate one character is capitalized, and "all caps" to indicate an entire word is capitalized. *Indented Characters: If this check box is checked, changes in indentation are indicated. PAC Mate announces the indent in pixels from the left side of the window. *Repeat Characters: Enable this check box to have PAC Mate filter out repeating characters, such as dashes or stars. To choose how many times you want to hear a character spoken, move to the combo box that accompanies this control. Your options are: Three, Four, Five, Six, All. Three is the default. When you are done with this dialog, press ENTER to return to the Settings dialog where you can continue adjusting other features of your PAC Mate. Remember, Format Settings is already selected, so you can use first letter navigation or the arrow keys to move through the list view. To escape the Settings dialog, press ESC. HTML This dialog controls the way PAC Mate reads pages written in hypertext markup language (html). If you intend to browse the web, getting familiar and understanding this dialog is imperative. Open the Start Menu (Windows Key), press S to choose Settings. When you open the Settings dialog, you are on the Personal page of the Settings multi-page dialog. If the Settings dialog opens with one of the thirteen items selected in the list view, press H once to select HTML Settings or use the arrow keys to select it. If an item is not selected, press SPACEBAR first, and then use first letter navigation. Once HTML Settings is selected, press ENTER. When you open HTML Settings, you will hear PAC Mate say, “JAWS HTML Settings dialog, Skip Past Repeated Text On New Pages check box, checked.” With this control checked, PAC Mate skips text that is repeated on web pages within the same web site and automatically moves the cursor to new text found on the page. When you press TAB to move forward, the next control you encounter is the “Lines Per Page” edit field. This setting determines how many lines the cursor moves when pressing PAGE UP or PAGE DOWN. With the default value set to twenty- four, the cursor moves twenty-four lines. For more information on moving through and reading text, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text. The next control is the “Maximum Line Length” edit field, which controls how many characters the cursor treats as one line of text. The default value is 150 characters. Headings are used to understand how each section of text relates to the web page as a whole. Press TAB to move to the “Headings Verbosity” combo box. With the Headings Verbosity combo box, use the arrow keys to choose whether PAC Mate announces headings and whether this includes heading levels. The default setting is Headings with levels indicated. Many web sites use Graphics as links. If you want PAC Mate to announce only graphical links that use alternate text, use the arrow keys to select Tagged Graphical Links in the Graphical Link Verbosity combo box. In addition to graphical links, frames are another web structure you will encounter. To control how PAC Mate responds to frames, choose one of the three options in the New Frame Indication combo box. Your options are: *No Indication: PAC Mate does not indicate when frames are entered or exited. *Say Frame Name: PAC Mate announces the frame name when it is entered or exited. This is the default option. *Say New Frame: PAC Mate announces when a frame is entered only. If you want to continue with adjusting HTML settings, press TAB to move to the Advanced button and press ENTER. If you are done with this dialog, press ENTER to return to the Settings dialog. Press ESC to return to the Today Screen. Advanced HTML Settings When you press ENTER on the Advanced button in the JAWS HTML Settings dialog, you open the HTML Advanced dialog. The first three controls in this dialog are check boxes, which are checked by default. To uncheck the boxes, press the SPACEBAR. The first check box of this dialog is the “Say Link Type” check box, which sets PAC Mate to announce the type of links encountered when navigating an HTML document. To move to the next control, press TAB. With the “Identify Same Page Links” check box checked, PAC Mate announces when links point to other locations on the same page by stating, "same page link." The “Indicate Tables” check box sets PAC Mate to announce the start of a table by declaring its number of columns and rows and when the end of the table is reached. To move to the next control, press TAB. The “Text Block Length” edit box lets you specify the number of characters in a block of text. This control affects the N command used in Pocket Internet Explorer. When you press this command, PAC Mate moves to the next block of non-link text that is equal to or greater than the number of characters specified in this edit box. The default value is 25. The “Text Link Verbosity” combo box determines what information PAC Mate speaks when a text-based link is encountered. The following options are available: *Speak Title Text: When this option is selected, PAC Mate speaks information provided by the HTML title attribute, which is not displayed on the screen. If no title text is found, PAC Mate reads the on-screen text. *Speak Screen Text: PAC Mate reads the on-screen text of the link only. This is the default option. *Speak Longest: PAC Mate reads the longer string of text whether it is the on-screen text displayed as a link or a title tag attribute. This option is meant to provide you with the most information possibly available on an HTML page. To move to the next control, press TAB. Similar to the “Text Link Verbosity” combo box, the “Graphic Verbosity” combo box allows you to specify how you want PAC Mate to announce graphics within HTML documents. The following options are available: *No Graphics: Graphics are not announced. *Tagged Graphics: Graphics that have alternate text specified within the HTML document are announced. PAC Mate states "graphic" and then reads the alternate text. This is the default option. *All Graphics: All graphics are announced. The last control in this dialog is the “Image Map Link Verbosity” combo box. This control determines how images, mapped with coordinates for use as links, are announced. PAC Mate offers the following options: *No Image Map Links: Image map links are not announced. *Tagged Image Map Links: Image map links that have Alternate text specified within the HTML document are announced. *All Image Map Links: All image map links are announced. This is the default option. If you are done, press ENTER twice to return to the Settings dialog. Then press ESC to return to the Today Screen. Input While this Settings dialog has limited support, it does contain two controls that may be beneficial for you to know about. The first control is the “Voice Recording Format” combo box. The settings in this combo box determine the quality of your voice recording. The default setting is 8000 Hz, Mono (2 KB/s), which gives you the longest possible recording time, but with the least amount of recording quality. Naturally, Pocket PC offers you a wide variety of settings to choose from. To learn more about the Voice Recording Feature, please see Using PAC Mate Programs, Creating a Recording. The second control in this dialog is the “Capitalize first letter of sentence" check box. With a check in this box, anytime you press ENTER to start a new line in an edit field, the first letter of the line is capitalized. This control works only with Pocket PC programs. To access these controls, go to the Input dialog (Windows Key, S, I, ENTER) and move to the Options page with CTRL+TAB. As the page opens the first active control is the “Voice Recording Format” combo box. Make your selection using the arrow keys and then press TAB until you reach the “Capitalize the first letter of sentence” check box. Use the SPACEBAR to disable or enable this control. Keyboard When you want to adjust the amount of feedback you receive as you type in an edit field, use the “Keyboard Settings” dialog. To use this dialog, open to the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press K to move to Keyboard Settings and then press ENTER. When you open Keyboard Settings dialog, the Typing Echo combo box is active and ready for you to use UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an option. Your options in this combo box are: *Off: PAC Mate is silent as you type. *Characters: Each character you type is echoed. *Words: Each word you type is echoed after pressing SPACEBAR or ENTER. *Characters and Words: Characters are echoed as you type them and words are echoed after you press SPACEBAR or ENTER. When you are done making your selection, press TAB to move to the next control. Tip: You can also change these options with INSERT+S, K. Continue to press K until you select the option you want. The next control in this dialog allows you to use the CAPS LOCK Key in addition to the INSERT Key as your JAWS Key command. To enable this control, use the SPACEBAR to place a check in the box. To use the CAPS LOCK Key as the JAWS Key you double press the key to toggle it on or off. The last control is a combo box that allows you to select your input language. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select an option. To save your settings and return to the Settings dialog, press ENTER. To close the Settings dialog and return to the Today Screen, press ESC. Or if you want to explore the other pages in the Settings dialog, press CTRL+TAB to move to the other pages. Menus Depending on the programs you use most, you may find it useful to arrange the Start Menu and the Today Screen New Menu differently than the default. This is done from the Menus dialog To customize your menus, open the Start menu and press S to choose Settings. Press M to move to Menus and then press ENTER. The Menus dialog opens with the list view in the Start Menu page active. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move up and down the list. Programs with a selected check box appear in the Start menu, while programs with a clear check box appear in the Programs submenu. Press the SPACEBAR to select or clear a check box. The Start menu can only hold nine programs. When you are finished setting the Start menu, press CTRL+TAB to move to the New Menu page. (If you are not yet familiar with this menu, go to the Today Screen and press ALT.) Because the first control on the New Menu page, Turn on New button menu, is not supported, press TAB twice to move to the list view. Use the ARROW keys to move up and down the list and press the SPACEBAR to check or uncheck the item. All checked items appear in the New Menu. Owner Information For information about this dialog, please refer to Personalizing Your PAC Mate, Entering Owner Information. Password For information about this dialog, please refer to Personalizing Your PAC Mate, Protecting PAC Mate Information. System Sounds & Notifications The Notification System on PAC Mate is controlled from the Sounds & Notifications settings dialog. In this dialog, you can choose what events you'd like to receive notifications for and how you'd like to be notified. Note: PAC Mate does not support pop-up screen display notifications or screen taps. You open the Sounds & Notifications dialog from the Settings list view on the Personal page. To quickly move to the Sounds & Notification dialog from the Today Screen, open the Start menu and press S to choose Settings. Press S to open to the Sounds & Notifications dialog. The Sounds & Notifications dialog opens on the Volume page with the system volume control active. This particular control is a left/right slider, which you adjust with the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS. After you press TAB to move forward, the next control is the “Enable sounds for Events (warnings, system events)” check box. Press the SPACEBAR to enable this control if you want to be alerted to system events such as the start and/or completion of synchronization or when e-mail arrives in your inbox. The next two controls are similar, except that it applies to program notifications such as reminders and alarms. Be sure to enable both the Programs and Notifications check boxes if you want to use appointment/task reminders and the alarms on the clock. The last control in this dialog is the “Enable sounds for Hardware buttons” check box. This control is similar to the Typing Echo control in the Keyboard Settings dialog, except that it is a key click. If you check this box, be sure to move to the accompanying radio buttons where you can use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS to decide how loud you’d like the “clicks” to sound. When you are done with the Volume page, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notifications page. On this page, the Select an Event and the Select How to be Notified, Play Sound controls work in tandem. That is, as you select an event from the combo box, move forward and enable the Play sound check box. Then move to the next control, which is a combo box, and choose the sound you want to hear for this event’s notification. Remember in combo boxes, the UP and DOWN ARROW selects, while the ENTER activates buttons. When you are done with these settings, press ENTER to save and close this dialog. Press ESC to return to the Today Screen. Text Use the Text Settings dialog to set preferences for how the Say All command (INSERT+A) works. To use this dialog, open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S, T to choose Settings. Press T move to Text Settings and then press ENTER. With the Text Settings dialog open, use the ARROW keys to make a selection in the Say All combo box. Your choices in this box are: *Line with Pauses: This option reads by line, pausing slightly at the end of each line. *Line without Pauses: This option allows for smoother reading. *Sentence: Select this option for applications in which Say All sounds choppy. This moves the pauses between elements to the ends of sentences, and makes the reading sound smoother. *Paragraph: This option is very useful in large documents as you can press CTRL+UP ARROW or CTRL+DOWN ARROW to quickly move through the paragraphs without needing to interrupt Say All. As you move forward (TAB) in this dialog you arrive on the Say Blank Lines check box, use the SPACEBAR to check it if you want blank lines announced when using the Say All command. This control is unchecked by default. If you want JAWS to speak numeric dates in a different format, use the Numeric Date Processing combo box to select a format. Your choices are: *No Translation: If this option is selected, numeric dates are read as numbers. This option is selected by default. *Some Translation: If this option is selected, numeric dates of month followed by day followed by year and separated by slashes or dashes are translated. For example, 03-16-00 is read as "March sixteenth two thousand." *Full Translation: If this option is selected, numeric dates of month followed by day and separated by slashes or dashes are translated in addition to those dates translated with Some Translation selected. For example, 03-16 is read as "March sixteen." Use the TAB command again to move to the Number Processing combo box. This combo box allows you to determine how numbers are read. Use the arrow keys to make your selection. Your choices are: *Digits: If this option is selected, numbers are read as a series of single numbers. For example, 123 is read "one two three." *Pairs: If this option is selected, numbers are read as a series of paired numbers. For example, 1050 is read as "ten fifty." If the number has an odd number of digits, the first digit is read as a single digit and the rest are paired. For example, 123 is read "one twenty three." *Whole Numbers: If this option is selected, numbers are always read as complete numbers. For example, 123 is read as "one hundred twenty three." This is the default option. The next control in this dialog is called Mixed Case Processing. This control causes JAWS to speak words that are joined together with capital letters, such as SayAll, as two words. This check box is enabled by default. To disable, use the SPACEBAR. Immediately after the Mixed Case Processing check box, is the Speak Dollars check box. With this check box enabled, JAWS reads numbers preceded by a dollar sign ($) in the format of number of dollars and number of cents. For example, $9.95 is read as "nine dollars and ninety five cents." For monetary values less than a dollar, type a zero to the left of the decimal. For example, $0.02 is read as "two cents." This check box is disabled by default. To close this dialog, press ENTER. If you want to explore the other pages in the Settings dialog, press CTRL+TAB to move to the other pages. Today Use the Today dialog to change the items and their information listed on your Today Screen. To use the Today dialog, open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Next, press T twice to move to Today and then press ENTER. Note: When the Today dialog opens, PAC Mate announces “Today dialog, Appearance page.” This page allows you to change the Appearance of Pocket PC’s user interface and is unsupported in PAC Mate. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Items page. Use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to move up and down the list of items and press the SPACEBAR to select or clear the associated check boxes. You can rearrange the order in which the items appear on the Today Screen. Use the arrow keys to move to each item in the list view. Press TAB to see which of the three buttons, the Move Down, Move Up, and Options, become available for each item. Press ENTER to activate the buttons. The Options button lets you alter the information that is displayed for Calendar and Tasks. To save your settings and return to the Settings dialog, press ENTER. To close the Settings dialog and return to the Today Screen, press ESC. Verbosity Use the JAWS Verbosity dialog to set JAWS verbosity levels: Beginner, Intermediate, or Advanced. This determines how much information JAWS speaks. Open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press V once to move to Verbosity Settings and press ENTER. With the JAWS Verbosity Settings dialog open, use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select the Verbosity Level in the combo box. Move to the Preferences button and press ENTER. This opens the Advanced Preferences dialog, where you can choose how much information JAWS speaks. Press TAB to move about the dialog. Use the SPACEBAR to select the check boxes next to the type of message you want to hear. In the Message Length combo box, use the UP and DOWN ARROW keys to select long or short, and then press TAB. If you want to restore the default settings, move to the Restore Default Settings button and press ENTER. To close the Preferences dialog and save the settings, move to the OK button and press ENTER. Before you exit out of JAWS Verbosity Settings, there are two more controls in this dialog that you should know about. They are the Tutor Messages and the Access Key Messages. These check boxes are checked by default. Tutor Messages provide navigational tips, while Access Key Messages provide information on the access key that moves you directly to a control or to an item in a menu. If you prefer to disable this additional verbosity, use the SPACEBAR and uncheck these controls. If you want to continue adjusting features on your PAC Mate, return to the Settings dialog by pressing ENTER and use first letter navigation or the arrow keys to move through the list view. To escape the Settings dialog, press ESC. Voice For information about this dialog, please refer to PAC Mate Basics, Adjusting Speech Settings. About For information about this dialog, please refer to Personalizing Your PAC Mate, Knowing About Pocket PC. Certificates Certificates establish your identity and the identity of other computers when you are logging onto a secured network. On PAC Mate, you can store two types of certificates: personal certificates that establish your identity, and root certificates that establish the identity of servers with which you connect. To access the Certificates multipage dialog, press Windows Key, S to open the Settings dialog, then press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Use arrow keys to move to Certificate and press ENTER. On the Personal page of the Certificate dialog is a list that displays the name of the certificate issuer and the expiration date. To read more information about a certificate, press JAWS Key+8 on a certificate in the list. To delete a certificate, select a certificate and press the Application Key, and then from the Context Menu choose Delete. To view root certificates, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Root page and follow the directions given above to read more information or delete a certificate. Clock The Clock program features two clocks: one for home and one for visiting. So if you visit or have family that lives in a particular time zone you may want to adjust your Visiting clock to reflect that time zone. The Home clock is intended to keep time for the zone that you live in. Open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. On the System page, press C twice to select Clock and then press ENTER. To view the Home or Visiting clock, use the UP or DOWN ARROW to choose the appropriate radio button. Each clock allows you to change the time zone, the time, and the date. Press TAB to move to any one of these controls. For the Time Zone combo box, choose a zone with the UP or DOWN ARROWS. For the time and date controls, you will use all the arrow keys. To move between the hour, minutes, seconds of the time control, use the LEFT and RIGHT ARROWS. To set these parameters, use the UP and DOWN ARROWS. These same commands apply to the date control as well. Using the Alarm This feature accommodates up to four alarm settings and requires that you enable the “Notifications (alarms, reminders) check box in the Sounds & Notifications dialog. For more information, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, System Sounds & Notifications. From the Today Screen, you access the alarm using the same steps for accessing the clock. Open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. On the System page, press C twice to select Clock and then press ENTER. Once this dialog opens, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Alarms page. Now, press TAB once to hear, “Alarm 1 check box not checked.” To select or clear check boxes, use the SPACEBAR. The next control you encounter is an edit field where you can type in a reason for the alarm. To choose how you would like to be notified, activate the Set Notification Sound button with the ENTER key. This opens a new dialog, which consists of three check boxes and a combo box. Use the appropriate commands to navigate and activate the controls on this page. When you are done, press ESC to return to the Alarms page. The last control to set for the alarm is the day(s) you want it to sound. For instance, you would like your alarm to sound off everyday except Saturday and Sunday. To select Monday through Friday, move to each day with the LEFT or RIGHT ARROW and press the SPACEBAR. You should hear “Monday selected,” “Tuesday select,” etc., but for each weekend day you will only hear Saturday and Sunday. To unselect a day, press the SPACEBAR again. Changing Time Format If you prefer reading time in 24 hour format, close the Clock dialog by pressing ENTER. Press R to move to Regional Settings and then press ENTER. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Time page. To change the time display to 24 hours, choose a time style that starts with a capital "H." Memory When a program becomes unstable or when program memory is low, the first step to take is to free memory manually by stopping any active programs on your PAC Mate. To do this, open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Now, press M to move to Memory and press ENTER to open the Memory multi-page dialog. Next, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Running Programs page. To move to the list view on the Running Programs page press TAB and select the Program(s) in the list using the DOWN ARROW. Press ENTER on the Stop button to stop the currently selected program. Press ENTER on the Activate button to switch to the currently selected program. Press ENTER on Stop All button to stop all programs currently running on the PAC Mate. The second step would be to store files on a Compact Flash card. Open the Start menu, move to Programs, and press ENTER. Move to File Explorer and press ENTER again. Select the file with the DOWN or UP ARROW, or select multiple files with CTRL+DOWN ARROW or CTRL+UP ARROW. Next, press the Application Key and from the context menu, choose Cut and press ENTER. Press ALT, use the DOWN ARROW to select Storage Card and press ENTER. With Storage Card open, press the Application Key again, choose Paste and press ENTER. For more information on working with File Explorer, please see Using Windows CE with PAC Mate, Using File Explorer. If the first two steps do not free enough memory, the third step would be to delete unnecessary files. In File Explorer, choose a file(s), press the Application Key, and select Delete. To find and delete your largest files, Go to the Start menu (Windows Key) and choose Find. Press TAB to move into the Type combo box, and select Larger than 64 KB, then press ENTER on the Go button. In Internet Explorer, delete all files and clear history. The last step would be to remove the programs you are not currently using. For more information on removing programs, please see PAC Mate Basics, Removing Programs. Power For information about this dialog, please refer to PAC Mate Hardware, Power Management. Regional Settings To set your PAC Mate to reflect the currency, time, date and numbers of a foreign country, use the Regional Settings dialog. Pocket PC has over 80 foreign regional settings to choose from. You open the Regional Settings dialog from the Settings list view on the Systems page. To quickly move to the Regional Settings dialog from the Today Screen, open the Start menu (Windows Key) and press S to choose Settings. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the System page. Press R to select Regional Settings and then press ENTER. The Regional Settings dialog opens with the Region page active. There is only one control on this page. For this combo box control, use the ARROW keys to select a region. If you want to make further changes or just explore the other pages in this dialog, press CTRL+TAB to move back and forth between pages. To move onto a page and navigate through the controls use the TAB and SHIFT+TAB commands. To make a selection in combo boxes, use the UP and DOWN ARROWS. Remove Programs For information about this dialog, please refer to PAC Mate Basics, Removing Programs. Screen The Screen dialog is not supported in PAC Mate. Beam For information about this dialog, please refer to Connecting the PAC Mate, Beaming Information. Connections For information about this dialog, please refer to Connecting the PAC Mate. Connecting the PAC Mate In keeping with the latest technology, PAC Mate features a variety of connectivity options that let you transfer and receive information easily. With the QX400, you can: *Use a USB cable or an infrared beam with ActiveSync to connect your PAC Mate to a computer and share information or files. *Use a modem or Ethernet card to connect to the Internet or a local network, where you can browse Web pages, send/receive e-mail, or share files. *Use WiFi and BlueTooth Technologies to connect to the Internet, private network, and any compatible device. *Output information to other devices using USB data transfer. *Beam information to another device using the infrared port. To view a hardware compatibility list, please visit www.pacmategear.com. Connecting with ActiveSync This section provides instructions on how to install ActiveSync, set up a partnership, and use some of the more popular features. For more information about using ActiveSync, refer to the ActiveSync help topics on your PC. Tip: The PAC Mate QX400 Quick Start Guide contains JAWS related instructions on using ActiveSync Help on the PC. Microsoft® ActiveSync® 3.7 is already installed on your PAC Mate. However, you must install ActiveSync on your PC. If you want to synchronize PAC Mate’s Inbox, Calendar, Appointments, Contact, and Tasks with your computer, make sure you have Outlook® 2002 on your computer. If not, you must install it from the PAC Mate Companion CD. Installing ActiveSync When you install ActiveSync using the PAC Mate Companion CD, the PAC Mate USB drivers should automatically install as well. 1. Plug in the PAC Mate using the AC adaptor. 2. Put the PAC Mate Companion CD in your CD drive and follow the instructions to install ActiveSync on your PC. Note: If the Setup program does not automatically start, open the Start Menu and select Run. Use the browse button to move to D:\MS\Actsync\Main. Go to the Setup.exe file and press ENTER to start installation. If your CD ROM drive is not the D: drive, substitute the appropriate letter when browsing. 3. When you are prompted, turn on and connect the PAC Mate to the PC using the USB cable. Once you do this, ActiveSync should automatically detect your PAC Mate and ask you to establish a partnership. Select either standard or guest partnership. Follow these steps if your PAC Mate is not automatically detected and the Add New Hardware Wizard appears on your PC: (This may be necessary for Windows 98 and ME systems.) 1. Remove the Companion CD and put the Documentation CD in your CD drive. 2. Be sure to choose the option that lets Windows automatically search for the new driver. Windows will then find and install this new driver. 3. Once the new hardware is detected, ActiveSync will prompt you to establish a partnership. Select either standard or guest partnership. (Optional) Configuring ActiveSync To prevent your PAC Mate from trying to synchronize when it is not connected to a server, you will need to configure the options in the mobile schedule page of ActiveSync on your PAC Mate. 1. Open the Start menu and press A to choose ActiveSync. 2. Press F2 to open the Tools menu, and choose Options. 3. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the mobile schedule page. 4. Press TAB to move to the different controls on the page. 5. Make the appropriate changes. 6. Press ENTER to save changes and close the dialog. Creating a Partnership to Synchronize With ActiveSync, you can establish two types of partnerships: Standard and Guest. *A standard partnership allows for synchronization of data. With a standard partnership you can specify what data you want synched. *A guest partnership does not allow synchronization, instead it allows you to copy, move and restore information, and/or add and remove programs. 1. With the New Partnership Wizard open on your desktop, use the arrow keys to select the “Standard Partnership” radio button and press ENTER. 2. When the next page of the Wizard opens, the default selection is the “Synchronize with this desktop computer” radio button. Press ENTER on the Next button. Unless you want to connect to a MS Mobile Server, skip to step 5. 3. (Optional) To specify that you want to synchronize data with Microsoft Mobile Information Server, press DOWN ARROW and select the “Synchronize with Microsoft Mobile Information Server and/or this computer” radio button. Then press ENTER. 4. (Optional) Type in the requested information, pressing TAB to move to the next edit field. If you want to save your password so you do not have to retype it, press SPACEBAR to check the “Save Password” check box. After entering your information, press ENTER. 5. In the Edit field, type a name for this partnership connection. Press ENTER on the Next button. 6. To control which and how much information gets synchronized, move to the item in the list view, and press SPACEBAR to check the item. 7. After checking an item, press TAB to move to the Settings button and press ENTER. (This button is only available for certain items in the list view.) 8. Choose the parameters you want for synchronization, and press ENTER on the OK button to close the “Synchronization Settings” dialog. 9. Press TAB to move to the Next button and press ENTER. 10. Press ENTER again to exit the New Partnership Wizard. ActiveSync automatically starts synchronizing. Using Infrared with ActiveSync 1. In ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+F, C to open the File Menu and the Connection Settings dialog. 2. Press TAB to move to the Allow serial cable or infrared connection to this COM port check box and press the SPACEBAR to check this box. 3. Press TAB to move to the associated combo box, and use the arrow keys to select Infrared Port (IR). Line up the infrared (IR) ports on the devices so that they are unobstructed and within a close range. The IR port window is to the left on the back side of PAC Mate. 1. On your PAC Mate, press Windows Key to go to the Start Menu. 2. Select ActiveSync. 3. Press ALT and press ENTER on Tools. 4. Select Connect via IR. Synchronization will begin. 5. To end an infrared connection, move the PAC Mate away from the PC. You can beam a file using infrared to and from a PC with the following applications: *Pocket Word *Tasks *Contacts *File Explorer Using ActiveSync to Backup Information You can create a backup file on your PC that contains all your PAC Mate files, databases, and RAM-based programs using ActiveSync. You can automatically backup files whenever you connect using a standard partnership or you can manually back up files using a guest partnership. In addition, you can choose the location on your PC where you want to store the backup file and you can choose between a full backup or an incremental backup based on the items that have changed. 1. Establish either a standard or guest partnership. 2. In ActiveSync on the PC, press ALT+T, B to open the Tools Menu and the Backup/Restore multipage dialog. 3. On the Backup page, press TAB to move among the controls and choose how you want to backup your files. 4. Move to the Backup Now button and activate it with the SPACEBAR. 5. To automatically backup files with each connection, use the SPACEBAR to check the Automatically back up each time the device connects check box. Restoring Information Restoring information using your backup files will delete your current files. To prevent this, move these files from your PAC Mate to your PC before restoring the information. 1. Establish a guest partnership. 2. Close any running programs on your PAC Mate. 3. In ActiveSync on the PC, press ALT+T, B to open the Tools Menu and the Backup/Restore multipage dialog. 4. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Restore page. 5. Press TAB to move to the Restore Now button and activate it with the SPACEBAR. Connecting with a Network (Ethernet) Card An Ethernet card connects the PAC mate directly to a network or a high-speed Internet connection such as a cable or DSL modem. Like Pocket PC 2002, Pocket PC 2003 has NE2000 drivers pre- installed so that you can use any of the NE 2000-compatible network (Ethernet) cards with your PAC Mate. Using a Network Card When you connect the network cable to a NE2000-compatible Ethernet card and insert it into the CompactFlash slot, PAC Mate automatically opens the Establishing Connection dialog where you can choose to connect to the Internet or Work. This dialog is actually an HTML window, which operates differently than most dialogs. To navigate this dialog, use the arrow keys. To enable either radio button, press ENTER. If you need to change a connection setting, press ENTER on the Settings link. To close this dialog, press ENTER on the Ok button. If you are using a non-compatible NE2000 Ethernet card, you will need to install its drivers, then connect the network cable to the card and insert the card into PAC Mate. For the most part, you should not have to do anything else except open Internet Explorer, MSN Messenger, Inbox or any other program that uses a network or the Internet. If you have not yet configured your e-mail account within Inbox, you will need to do so before you can send or receive e-mail. If you need to enter a specific IP address, you will need to open the Connections multipage dialog and access the Network Adapters dialog. To do this, press Windows Key, S, followed by CTRL+TAB to move to the Connections page. From here, press C and ENTER to open the Connections multipage dialog. Next, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Advanced page. On this page, press TAB until you are on the Network Card button and press ENTER. In the Network Adapters dialog, move to the adapters list, choose the appropriate adapter and press ENTER. On the next page, use the arrow keys to select the Use specific IP address radio button, press TAB, and type in your IP address. If you need to enter specific server information, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Name Servers page and enter your server information in the appropriate fields. Press ENTER to save the changes and close the dialog. You are returned to the Network Adapters dialog. Press ESC twice to close this dialog and the Connections multipage dialog. Connecting with a Modem A modem is a piece of hardware that uses a telephone line to dial into a network or Internet service. To connect your PAC Mate to the Internet or network using a modem, there are a couple of steps you must complete. *Install the modem drivers *Configure the connection settings Note: Drivers for Socket 56K Modem CF card can be found on the Documentation CD in the PAC Mate Firmware/Drivers folder. Installing Modem Drivers Note: These are general instructions and may not apply to all modems. Refer to your modem documentation for specific installation information. Installing the modem drivers is done with ActiveSync on your desktop or laptop computer. 1. Connect your PAC Mate to your PC and create a partnership. 2. With your PC, locate the modem drivers file and run the Setup program. Be sure to use drivers that work for Pocket PC 2003. Follow the prompt directions. 3. ActiveSync installs the modem drivers to the PAC Mate. Configuring the Connection Settings When you first insert your modem in the PAC Mate, a New Modem Detected dialog automatically opens. This dialog is actually an HTML window so it operates differently than most dialogs. In this dialog there are two links that let you choose between connecting to the Internet or Work. To move around in this dialog, use the arrow keys. To activate any of the controls, press ENTER. When you activate either the Internet or Work link, the Make New Connection dialog in Settings automatically opens for you to begin configuring your modem connection settings. 1. In the Enter a Name for the Connection edit field, type the name of the connection. 2. Press TAB to move to the Select a Modem combo box. Your modem should be selected. 3. Press TAB to move to the Next button, and press ENTER. 4. In the next dialog, type the Work or ISP phone number as it should be dialed. You can enter the phone number without spaces or dashes. Be sure to include any additional numbers such as ‘9,’ for an outside line or ‘*70,’ to disable call waiting. Note: The comma introduces a one second pause which allows the phone company's switching equipment to dependably prepare for the rest of the dialing sequence." 5. Press ENTER on the “Use Dialing Rules” link only if you are dialing long distance and need to include the area code of your work or ISP phone number. 6. Press TAB to move to the Next button and press ENTER. 7. In the edit fields, type in your User Name and Password. 8. Press TAB to move to the Advanced button and press ENTER. 9. In the BAUD rate combo box, use the arrow keys to select 57600 for a 56K modem. When you’re done, press ENTER to close this dialog and return to the previous dialog. 10. Press TAB to move to the Finish button and press ENTER. This finishes the steps of creating a connection and places you back at the Today Screen. From this point, the PAC Mate will automatically connect as needed while you use Pocket Internet Explorer and Inbox. If you have not yet configured your e-mail service within Inbox, you will need to do so before you can send or receive e-mail. Connecting to a Wireless Local Area Network Wireless LAN connectivity allows for mobile computing in an open environment using a wireless network adapter and a compatible base station. A wireless LAN can be any of the following technologies: 802.11a, 802.11b, 802.11g or Bluetooth. Installing Network Adapter Drivers Note: These are general instructions and may not apply to all wireless cards. Refer to the wireless card documentation for specific installation information. Installing the wireless card drivers is done with ActiveSync on your desktop or laptop computer. 1. Connect your PAC Mate to your PC and create a partnership. 2. With your PC, locate the drivers file and run the Setup program. Be sure to use drivers that work for Pocket PC 2003. Follow the prompt directions. 3. ActiveSync installs the modem drivers to the PAC Mate. Using a Wireless LAN The first time you insert the wireless network card, the PAC Mate automatically opens the New Network Detected dialog where you can choose to connect to the Internet or Work. This dialog is actually an HTML window so it operates differently than most dialogs. To navigate this dialog, use the arrow keys. To enable either radio button, press ENTER. If you need to change a connection setting, press ENTER on the Settings link. To connect, press ENTER on the Connect button. Note: In order to connect you must be within range of the base station. Setting Up an E-mail Account Before you begin this procedure you will need the following information from your ISP. *Your e-mail address *Your username *Your password *Service type: POP3 or IMAP4 *Server Information: Incoming mail, Outgoing mail, Domain (optional) To create a POP3 or IMAP4 E-mail Service: 1. Open the Start Menu (Windows Key) and press ENTER on Inbox. 2. Press ALT, move to Accounts, and press ENTER. 3. Press DOWN ARROW to move to New Account and press ENTER again. 4. On page one of the E-mail Setup Wizard, enter the e-mail address provided by your ISP or network administrator, such as username@servername.com or username@servername.net. 5. Press ENTER on the Next button. Auto configuration attempts to connect to your e-mail server and download the settings so that you do not need to enter them manually. If Auto configuration is successful, press ENTER on the Next button. If Auto configuration is unsuccessful, contact your ISP or network administrator for the following information: *Server type *POP3 or IMAP4 server name *Domain name (for network connections only) Once you have the above information, continue with the E-mail Setup Wizard. 6. In the Your Name edit field, enter the name that you want people to see when you send them e-mail. Press TAB to move to the next edit box. 7. In the Username edit field, enter the user name assigned to you by your ISP or network administrator. This is often the same user name you use to sign into your ISP or network. This edit box is pre-populated with the information you entered in step 5 above. If the information is different, type in the correct information. 8. In the Password edit field, enter your password and press SPACEBAR to check the Save password check box. Press ENTER on the Next button. 9. From the Account type combo box, use the arrow keys to select POP3 Mail or IMAP4 Mail. 10. In Name, enter a unique name for the service, such as Work or Home. This name cannot be changed later. Press ENTER on the Next button. 11. In the Incoming mail edit field, enter the name of your e- mail server, then press TAB. 12. In the Outgoing mail edit field, enter the name of your Simple Mail Transfer Protocol (SMTP) host, then press TAB. 13. If you are using a network connection, enter your domain name in the Domain edit field. Press TAB to move to the Finish button and press ENTER or access additional settings (see E-mail Settings Optional) by pressing ENTER on the Options button. Additional settings include: *Change the time intervals for downloading new messages. *Security and the number of messages downloaded. *Download full copy of messages and attachments. When you are finished with the E-mail Setup Wizard, you are returned back to the Inbox list view. You are now ready to download your e-mails by pressing ALT and selecting Connect from the menu. E-mail Settings (Optional) When you press SPACEBAR on the Options button, the E-mail Setup Wizard adds three additional dialogs. The first dialog changes the amount of time Inbox waits to check for new messages. Press TAB to move to the minutes box and enter a new number of minutes. The E-mail Setup Wizard will automatically pick the correct connection to use for the e-mail service you created. If, for some reason, you want to use a specific connection, press TAB to move to the Connection list box and use the arrow keys to select the connection. When you are done with the settings in this dialog, press ENTER on the Next button to go to the last dialog. In the second dialog, press TAB if your outgoing mail server (SMTP) requires authentication, press SPACEBAR to enter a check in the "Outgoing e-mail server requires authentication" check box. This dialog also lets you control the number of e- mails downloaded to your PAC Mate. In this dialog, the "Only display messages from the last" check box is checked by default. Press SPACEBAR to uncheck this box or TAB to move to the edit field and enter a number to specify how many days of e-mail you want downloaded. The last dialog allows you to choose between downloading only message headers or the whole message. To automatically download the whole message, from the list, use the arrow keys to select "Get full copy of messages." You can also select to limit the size of messages by pressing TAB, then SPACEBAR to check the Include check box, press TAB again and enter the size of each message downloaded. When using an IMAP4 connection the third dialog lets you choose to download attachments. Press SPACEBAR to check the "When getting full copy, get attachments" check box. You can also select to limit the size of attachments downloaded to your PAC Mate by pressing TAB, then SPACEBAR to check the "Only if smaller than" check box and in the edit field enter a number in Kilobytes. Press SPACEBAR on the Finish button as this completes the E-mail Setup Wizard. Ending a Connection You can end a connection with the End Connection dialog, which is accessible from any running application on PAC Mate. The command to open the End Connection dialog is CTRL+SHIFT+M. Next, you must press CTRL+END, ENTER, which activates the End link. Your PAC Mate should disconnect within a few seconds. Note: The End Connection dialog is a Microsoft bubble dialog. Once activated, bubble dialogs automatically close in about seven seconds. So it is important that you press the commands successively when PAC Mate begins speaking the dialog. Beaming Information Through its infrared port, your PAC Mate is capable of beaming information to other PDA’s including Palm Pilots, printers, Windows 2000 and phones that support the OBEX infrared protocol. To use the beaming feature align the IR ports so that they are unobstructed and within close range. Go into the program’s list view, use the DOWN ARROW to select an item or if you want to select multiple items, press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW and then press Application Key. On the Context menu, select Beam… and press ENTER. Tip: You can beam an FSEdit file to another PAC Mate using the Beam Feature in File Explorer. If you are unable to beam information, try the following: *Transfer only one file, or no more than 25 contact cards, at a time. *When using IR, make sure nothing is between the two IR ports. *Adjust the room lighting or move to another location (some types of light interfere with beaming). Receiving a Beam on the PAC Mate Your PAC Mate is set to receive all incoming beams from devices running Pocket PC 2002 and 2003. If you are receiving a beam from a device running Palm or Pocket PC 2000 follow these steps: 1.Press Windows Key, S to open the Settings dialog. 2.Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Connections page. 3.Press B for Beam and ENTER to open this dialog. 4.Press TAB to move to the bottom of the dialog and press ENTER on the Receive and infrared beam link. Deactivating the Infrared Port The infrared port is active by default. In certain situations or if you are not using the port you may want to consider deactivating it as its activation uses up battery life. 1. Press Windows Key to go to the Start Menu. 2. Press S to select Settings. 3. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Connections page. 4. Move to Beam and then press ENTER. 5. Press SPACEBAR to clear the “Receive all incoming beams” check box. Using PAC Mate Programs This section offers a brief introduction to all of PAC Mate’s programs discussing the key features in each. To read comprehensive help about each program, open the program in PAC Mate and then open the Start Menu and select Help. You can also get specific help instructions on a particular dialog or window when you open Help from within that dialog or window. In addition, PAC Mate offers a variety of other types of Help as well. Pocket Outlook In other versions of Windows, Outlook opens as a single program with links to sub-programs that appear on the Folders List. On the PAC Mate, these programs appear as separate programs in the Start Menu and include: Inbox, Contacts, Tasks, Calendar, and Notes. Inbox You can send and receive e-mail using any of the following methods: *ActiveSync *Post Office Protocol 3 (POP 3) *Internet Message Access Protocol 4 (IMAP4) For POP 3 and IMAP 4 you will need to set up an e-mail account. For more information about setting up an email service, see Connecting the PAC Mate, Setting Up an E-Mail Account. The following table lists the commands that can be used in Inbox. Description Command Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T Send Message (when creating a new message) ALT+S Expand/Collapse Message Headers ALT+H My Text Messages ALT+M Delete CTRL+D Rename ALT+R Next Message ALT+N Prior Message ALT+P Read Message Body CTRL+SHIFT+M Downloading E-mail Messages If you have more than one account established for Inbox, press CRTL+Y to open the Show By menu. Make sure that the account is selected. To download your e-mail messages, press ALT move to Connect and press ENTER. The messages on your PAC Mate and mail server are synchronized. This means that new messages are downloaded to the PAC Mate Inbox folder, while messages in the PAC Mate Outbox folder are sent. Also, messages that have been deleted from the server are removed from the PAC Mate Inbox. Reading E-mail If you have more than one e-mail account set up, messages for each account are stored in separate folders. The names of the folders correspond to the names of the e-mail account. To open a message, press ENTER on the message in the message list view. With the message, you can press CTRL+SHIFT+M to skip over the e-mail heading information and move directly to the body of the message. If you read a message and decide that you need the full copy, press ALT, and press ENTER on Edit and select Mark for Download. When finished, press ALT, move to Accounts, and press ENTER. Then move to Disconnect and press ENTER again. Composing and Sending a Message 1. In the e-mail message list view, press CTRL+N. 2. To Expand Heads and press ALT and ENTER on Expand Headers to display more header information. Press TAB to move to about the Header area. 3. Press TAB to enter the message area. Type in your message. 4. Press TAB to move to the Send button and press ENTER. If you are working offline, the message is moved to the Outbox folder and will be sent the next time you connect. Replying or Forwarding a Message Open the message, press ALT, move to Action and press ENTER. In the menu select and press ENTER on the action you want to perform (Reply, Reply All, or Forward). In the message area, type in your response. When you are done press ALT, move to send and press ENTER. Note: Selections in the Message tab found under the Tools Menu in Options determine whether the original text is included. To see more header information, press ALT, move to Expand Header, and press ENTER. Press it again to collapse the header area. Attaching a File to an E-mail Message With the message open, press ALT, move to Edit, and press ENTER. In the Edit menu, press ENTER on Add Attachment. Then, select the file you want to attach. OLE objects cannot be attached to Inbox messages. Receiving Attachments If your e-mail is set to get message headers only, then before you can recognize that an e-mail has an attachment, you must download the whole e-mail message. To do this from an open message, press ALT, move to Edit, and press ENTER. Move to Mark for Download and press ENTER again. An attachment sent with an e-mail message or downloaded from the server is indicated with the following text at the bottom of the message, “Message truncated.” Press ALT, move to Edit and press ENTER. Select Mark for Download and press ENTER again to get remaining portion. You can mark an attachment for downloading (IMAP4 service only) the next time you connect. If you receive messages through synchronization, in ActiveSync on your PC, go to Tools (ALT+T) and press ENTER on Options. Then, press TAB to move to the Settings button, and press SPACEBAR. In the Mail Synchronization dialog, press TAB to move to the “Include File Attachments check box” and press the SPACEBAR to check it. If you receive messages through a remote mail server using the IMAP4 or POP3 mail protocol, you will need to configure your e-mail service to download attachments. To do this, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. From this menu, select Options and press ENTER. In the Options dialog, press the DOWN ARROW to select the service you want to change the settings and press ENTER. This opens the E-mail Setup Wizard. Move forward through the Wizard until you reach the Server Information page. On this page, press TAB to move to the Options button and press SPACEBAR. Note: Embedded images and OLE objects cannot be received as attachments. An embedded message can be viewed as an attachment when using IMAP4 to receive e-mail. However, this feature does not work if Transport Neutral Encapsulation Format (TNEF) is enabled so that you can receive meeting requests. Receiving Meeting Requests If you receive your e-mail messages through ActiveSync, you will automatically receive meeting requests. If you connect directly to a mail server, the server must be running Microsoft Exchange Server 2002 in order for you to receive meeting requests. If you are running Microsoft Exchange Server 2002, you will automatically receive meeting requests in your Inbox. Open a Meeting Request Meeting requests that you synchronize with ActiveSync appear on the Today Screen as an appointment. Use the arrow keys to move to Appointments and press ENTER. If you want, you can include a written message with your response. The response will be sent the next time that you synchronize or connect to your mail server, and your PAC Mate Calendar will be updated. Moving Messages In the message list, select the message and press ALT. To select multiple messages, press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Then, press the Application Key on the selected messages. On the menu, select Move to and then select the folder you want to move the messages. Caution: When you move a message that you have received through POP3 or synchronization to a folder you created on your PAC Mate, the copy of the message on the server is deleted the next time you connect. This prevents duplicate copies of messages. Although the complete message is moved, message attachments will be deleted if you have not selected the option to download attachments. Once the message is moved, you will be able to access the message only from your PAC Mate. Deleting Messages To delete a message in the message list, select the message. To select multiple messages, press SHIFT+DOWN ARROW. Then, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. On the menu, move to Delete. Messages are moved to the Deleted Items folder and deleted according to the option that you have selected in the Message tab. Press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. Press TAB until you hear "Services tab," then press the RIGHT ARROW to move to the Message tab. Note: If you are working offline, messages that have been deleted from the server will be deleted from the PAC Mate the next time you connect or according to the options you have selected. To permanently delete messages in the Deleted Items folder, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Empty Deleted Items and press ENTER again. Clearing Messages and Folders When receiving e-mail messages from a POP3 or IMAP4 server, select the service on the PAC Mate containing the folders and messages you want to clear, and then press ALT, move to Services and press ENTER. Move to Clear All and press ENTER again. All messages and folders that are linked to the selected service are cleared, and memory space is expanded on the PAC Mate without deleting messages on the server. The next time you connect, the messages and folders are downloaded again. You cannot clear messages and folders from the ActiveSync folder. Changing Message Options In the message list, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Message page. To place a copy of the original message beneath your response text, press the SPACEBAR to check “When replying, include body” check box. By default, e-mail messages you send are not saved on your PAC Mate. This helps conserve memory space. If you want to keep copies of sent e-mail messages, press the SPACEBAR to check “Keep copy of sent mail in Sent folder” check box. Changing Storage Options In the message list, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Storage page. To store attachments on a storage card rather than internal RAM, press the SPACEBAR to check the “Store attachments on storage card” check box. All attachments will move to the selected card. Contacts Maintain a list of your family, friends, and colleagues so you can easily find the information and stay in touch, regardless of where you are. You can enter both personal and business information. Creating or Editing a Contact To create a contact, press CTRL+N. When the Contact details page initially opens the Name expand field is active. You type in the name of your contact and when you are done press ENTER to move out of the edit field or if you want to add a title, middle name or suffix, press ALT+F to expand the field. Press the DOWN ARROW to move to the next item in the expand field. To close an expand field, press ESC. Press DOWN ARROW again to move to the next edit field. Press ENTER to move into the field and type in the information. Press ENTER again to move out of the field and press DOWN ARROW to move to the next field. You enter information about a contact by using this command sequence of ENTER and DOWN ARROW. When you move to the "Birthday" and "Anniversary" items, press ENTER and use the arrow keys to move between month, day and year. To add additional information about your contact, like when is it appropriate to call etc., press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. When finished, press ESC to return to the contact list. To edit contact information, press ENTER on the name in the contact list view, and then press ALT, move to Edit, and press ENTER. When finished making changes, press ENTER to return to the contact list. New contacts are added to the category that is currently displayed. E-mailing a Contact In the contact list, select the contact and press the Application Key. On the menu, press ENTER on “Send E-mail.” Finding a Contact There are three ways to find a contact: *Use the Find Feature in the Start Menu or in the contact list, press ALT, and select Show By. Select the type of contact that you want displayed. To show all contacts again, select All Contacts. To view a contact not assigned to a category, select No Categories. *To view the names of companies your contacts work for, in the contact list, press ALT and select View, then select By Company. The number of contacts that work for that company will be displayed to the right of the company name. Tip: In Find Feature, you can select from a list of contacts that you already looked for in the Find edit combo box. Use the ARROW keys to expand the box Change Options In the contact list, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. Choose the List View options of your preference. PAC Mate does not support the “Use large font” item. The area code and country/region for new contacts are automatically entered based on the information in Country/Region settings. Tasks You can use Tasks to help you organize and set your day’s schedule. You can create a list of things to do and prioritize them by their importance. Any task that needs to be accomplished today is displayed on the Today screen. To help you stay on task, ActiveSync automatically synchronizes your tasks between your PAC Mate and PC. Creating a Task To create a task, press CTRL+N. The Task details page initially opens with the Subject edit combo box active. You can type in the subject of your task or use the arrow keys to use one of the items in the combo box. When you are done press ENTER to move out of the combo edit box. Next, press the DOWN ARROW to move to the next edit field. Press ENTER again, but this time to move into the edit field. When you are done, press ENTER again to move out of the field and press DOWN ARROW to move to the next field. You enter information about a task by using this command sequence of ENTER and DOWN ARROW. When you move to the "Start" and "Due" items, press ENTER to open the Date Selector. For more information on the commands associated with the Date Selector, please see Calendar, Using the Date Selector. To add additional information about your task, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. When finished, press ESC to return to the task list view. Note:New tasks are added to the category that is currently selected. If you find that creating a detailed task is too time consuming, you can quickly create a task by pressing ALT, moving to Tools and pressing ENTER. Then move to and press ENTER on Entry Bar. This places an entry bar at the top of your task list where you can quickly enter a one-sentence task. Press TAB until you enter the field and type in your task. When you are done press ENTER to add the new task to the list view. If this is a task of high importance, then press ALT+H to move to activate the “High Importance” button. If this is a task of low importance, then press ALT+I to move to activate the “High Importance” button. Editing a Task To change a task, select it in the task list, then press ALT, and select Edit. Tip: You can easily edit a task from the Today Screen by using the arrow keys to move to Task and press ENTER. When Task details page opens, edit your information. Setting a Reminder for a Task 1. From the task list, press ENTER to open the task. Press ALT, move to Edit and press ENTER. 2. Press DOWN ARROW to move to the Due box and press ENTER. To set a due date, use the Date Selector Commands. 3. Press ENTER again and use the DOWN ARROW to move to the Reminder box and select Remind me. You will be reminded at 8:00 in the morning on the due date. 4. Press ENTER again and change the reminder date by pressing ALT+D and changing the date. Note: To be automatically reminded of new tasks with a due date, in the task list view, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again, then check the “Set reminders for new items” check box. To choose how you are reminded, for example by a sound, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key) and select Settings. On the Personal tab, use the arrow keys to move to Sounds & Notifications and press ENTER. Adjust each control to your preference. Adding a Note to a Task You can add notes to a task. 1. In the task list, open the task. 2. Press ALT and select Edit. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. 3. Type in the additional information you want to include for that particular task. 4. When finished, press ESC to return to the task list view. 5. Later, when you open your task, the additional information is available for PAC Mate to read. Making a Task Recurring 1. From the task list, open the task, and then press ALT, move to Edit and press ENTER. 2. Press DOWN ARROW to move to the Occurs edit combo box and press ENTER. Select a pattern from the list or create a new pattern by choosing Edit pattern from the list. Then follow the steps in the wizard. Completing a Task To mark a task completed, in the task list view, press the SPACEBAR to check the box next to the completed task. Changing Options In the task list view, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. *To see the start and due dates for a task in the task list view, select Show start and due date. *PAC Mate does not support the item “Use large font.” Calendar Although very similar to Tasks, the Calendar is meant to help you with scheduling and keeping your appointments. The Calendar View, used for setting each appointment, lets you schedule for a day, a week, a month and a year. To remind you of your appointments, the PAC Mate will play a sound and open a dialog with your appointment information. You can choose to dismiss the appointment or be re-notified within a time interval that you can set. The Calendar is easy to use. You can access the Calendar directly off the Today Screen or from the Start Menu (Windows Key), press C to move to Calendar and then press ENTER. Once you have opened Calendar you are in the Appointment list view, which lists the appointments you have created. If you have not created any appointments, you will hear “No Appointments.” From the list view, you can preview your daily appointments for any particular day by pressing ALT and choosing the appropriate menu item listed below. * New * Tools * Calendar View * Sunday * Monday * Tuesday * Wednesday * Thursday * Friday * Saturday The following table lists shortcuts to change to the Calendar view for another day in the current week. These commands only work when you are in the Calendar list view. Description Command Open Calendar View ALT+V Jump to 1st day of week ALT+S, 1 Jump to 2nd day of week ALT+S, 2 Jump to 3rd day of week ALT+S, 3 Jump to 4th day of week ALT+S, 4 Jump to 5th day of week ALT+S, 5 Jump to 6th day of week ALT+S, 6 Jump to 7th day of week ALT+S, 7 Creating or Editing an Appointment To create an appointment, press CTRL+N. The appointment details page initially opens with the Subject edit combo box active. You can type in the subject of your appointment or use the arrow keys to use one of the items in the combo box. When you are done press ENTER to move out of the combo edit box. Next, press the DOWN ARROW to move to the next edit field. Press ENTER again, but this time to move into the edit field. When you are done typing the appointment information, press ENTER again to move out of the field and press DOWN ARROW to move to the next field. You enter information about an appointment by using this command sequence of ENTER and DOWN ARROW. When you move to the "Start" and "End" items, press ALT+D to open the Date Selector. For more information on the commands associated with the Date Selector, please see Calendar, Using the Date Selector. To change the time in the "Start" and "End" items, press ENTER on the item and type in the new time or use the arrow keys to select a time. To add additional information about your appointment, press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. When finished, press ESC to return to the Calendar list view. Note: When entering a time, you can type military and abbreviated time forms, such as 2300 (becomes 11:00 PM), 913pm (becomes 9:13 PM), 911 (becomes 9:11 AM), and 9p (becomes 9:00 PM). To change an appointment, select it in the list and press ENTER to open it. Then press ALT, move to Edit and press ENTER. Change any appointment detail by pressing DOWN ARROW to move to the item. Then press ENTER and type the new information. Viewing Appointments To see a list of available actions for an appointment, select the appointment in the Calendar list and press the Application Key. To view the information of an appointment, select it in the list and press ENTER to open it. Note: To quickly access your appointments for the day, press the Windows Key and press ENTER on Today. Creating an All Day Event Appointments can span an hour, several hours, all day or even all week. Those that span all day or all week are considered an All Day Event. Examples include trade shows or training seminars. To schedule an all day event, follow the steps above to create an appointment or select and open an existing appointment from the appointment list. Press ALT and select Edit. In this dialog, press DOWN ARROW until you hear, “Type combo box.” Press ENTER and use the arrow keys to select All Day. You can also schedule a birthday or anniversary as an all day event. However, for this you will want to press DOWN ARROW to move to the Status combo box, press ENTER and use the arrow keys to select Free. This way the time will not show as busy in your calendar. PAC Mate indicates an All Day Event by announcing it in the Calendar list. Note: You can create an all day event on the PAC Mate, however you cannot create or modify an all day event to include attendees on the PAC Mate. To do this, you must create all day events with attendees on your PC, and use ActiveSync to copy these events to the PAC Mate. Then, view them in Calendar. To schedule an appointment with attendees lasting all day on the PAC Mate, set type to Normal, then adjust the date and time appropriately. Making an Appointment Recurring Appointments that occur on a regular basis, such as a weekly team meeting can be entered once and set with a recurring pattern. To do this, follow the steps above to create an appointment or select and open an existing appointment from the appointment list. Press ALT and select Edit. In this dialog, press DOWN ARROW until you hear, "Occurs combo box." Press ENTER and use the arrow keys to select a pattern. If the default patterns in the list are not what you need, select to create your own pattern using the wizard. Setting a Reminder for an Appointment You can set a reminder for an appointment by following the steps above to create an appointment or by selecting and opening an existing appointment from the appointment list. Then press ALT and select Edit. In this dialog, press DOWN ARROW until you hear, “Reminder combo box.” Press ENTER and use the arrow keys to select Remind me. You can also change how many minutes before the appointment you are reminded. To do this, press ALT+T to access the Minutes combo box and use the arrow keys to make a selection. Note: To set a reminder for all new appointments in the calendar, press ALT in the appointment list, move to Tools and press ENTER. Press ENTER on Options and select “Set reminders for new items.” If you want to be reminded about your appointments using a distinctive sound, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key) and press ENTER on Settings. On the Personal tab select and press ENTER on Sounds & Notifications. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notification page. Press TAB until you hear, “Play Sound check box,” then press the SPACEBAR to check this box. Last, press TAB again to move to the combo box that lists all the sounds available on your PAC Mate. Adding a Note to an Appointment You can add additional information about an appointment if necessary. 1. To add or edit a note, in the appointment list, select and press ENTER on the appointment. 2. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Notes page. 3. Type in the additional information you want to include for that particular appointment. 4. Press ESC to close the notes page and return to the Calendar list view. 5. Later, when you open your appointment, the additional information is available for you to read. Sending a Meeting Request Use Calendar to schedule meetings with people who use Outlook or Pocket Outlook. When attendees receive a meeting request, they can accept or decline the meeting. If they accept, the meeting is automatically added to their schedule. In addition, their response is sent back to you, and your calendar is updated. Note: Before you can send a meeting request, you must enter e-mail addresses for the Contacts you want to include in the meeting and set up Inbox to send and receive messages. 1. From the Appointment list you can either create a new appointment or edit an existing appointment. 2. In the Appointment page enter or edit the information and press DOWN ARROW until you hear, “Attendees button.” 3. Press the ENTER to activate the button. 4. Use the arrow keys to move to the contact you want to invite. (Only those contacts with e-mail addresses will be displayed.) 5. Press the SPACEBAR to select the contact. 6. When you are done press ENTER to return to the Appointment page. To close the Appointment page and return to the Calendar list view, press ESC. 7. Before you return to the Calendar list view, you will be asked whether you want to send an e-mail to inform the attendees of the meeting. Press ENTER to activate either the Yes button or No button. Inbox automatically creates a meeting request along with any textual notes entered in the Notes page and sends it to the attendees the next time you synchronize with your PC. Note: If you cannot synchronize with a PC, then you can send the meeting request through a connection to an ISP or the network. Press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. Move to Options and press ENTER again. In the “Send meeting requests via,” select the service you want to use to send the meeting request. Changing Options You can change Calendar options such as the first day of the week or when exactly do you want to be reminded of a new appointment, etc. To enter the Options dialog, press ALT, move to Tools and select Options. Choose the settings that you want for your Calendar. Note: PAC Mate does not support Appointment icon indicators or “Use large font.” Using the Date Selector The Date Selector is a traditional style calendar in which you can easily check for appointments. The command to open the Date Selector is ALT+D. Description Command Back One Day LEFT ARROW Forward One Day RIGHT ARROW Back one Week CTRL+LEFT ARROW Forward One Week CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Back one Month UP ARROW Forward One Month DOWN ARROW Back one Year CTRL+UP ARROW Forward One Year CTRL+DOWN ARROW When navigating by the smaller date changes, if the month, year or day of week changes, that component of the date is spoken. The PAC Mate announces when a date has an appointment associated with it. Press ENTER while in the Date Selector to return to the Calendar list view on the new date. Notes With Notes you can quickly capture your ideas and thoughts. In the Notes list view you can use the recording feature. You can also share your notes with others through e-mail, infrared, and synchronization with your PC. Note: To create documents with advanced formatting or templates, such as bulleted lists and tabs, use FSEdit. The table below lists the commands that are specific to the Notes program. Description Command Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T Record ALT+V, R Stop Recording S Stop Playing Recording ALT+V, S Delete DEL Viewing Notes The Note list view displays a list of your notes and recordings. If you have a long list, press CTRL+T (Sort By) and select the option you want to sort on. To open a note or play a recording, press ENTER on it. To see a list of available actions for a note or recording, select the note in the list view and press the Application Key. Creating or Editing a Note 1. To create a note, ALT and press ENTER on New. 2. Type your note. 3. When finished, press ESC to return to the Notes list view. Note: You can insert the date in a note. In an open note, press the Application Key and then select Insert Date. Creating a Template 1. Create a note as you normally would. 2. In the Notes list view, move to the note with the arrow keys and select it with the SPACEBAR. 3. Press the Application Key. 4. On the menu, select Rename/Move. 5. Press TAB move to the Folder list box, select Templates. The template is stored in the Templates folder under the All Folders list. Creating a Note with a Template 1. Press ALT and choose Show By (labeled All Folders by default) and then select Templates. 2. Press ENTER on the template you want to use and make your changes. 3. Press ESC to close the note. 4. In the notes list, select the note and press the Application Key, choose Rename/Move. Enter a new name and location for the note. Note: To create a new folder, in the note or document list view, press ALT and select Show By, then press ENTER on Add/Delete. If you want to store the item on a storage card, insert the card into your PAC Mate and select Internal FlashDisk from the Location combo box in the Rename/Move dialog. Creating a Recording Your PAC Mate has a voice-recording feature that has multiple sound and transmission rate settings. These settings reflect the quality and size of the recording file. Typically, a high sample size (Bit) and rate (Hz) equals a larger file size, which equals better fidelity. Since the PAC Mate has 64 MB of RAM, a recording set to 44,100 Hz, 16 Bit, Stereo (172 KB/s) is going to give the best recording quality, but with the least amount of recording time. Tip: This setting is ideal if you are going to use audio editing software on the recording. You can synchronize recordings between your Pocket PC and your desktop PC. If you are unable to play them on your desktop PC, it may be due to the setting on your Pocket PC. In this situation, it is best to set your voice recording format to "8,000 Hz, 8 Bit, Mono (8 KB/s)." This gives you compatibility with your desktop sound player, acceptable voice recording fidelity and relatively small file sizes. Your PAC Mate is also equipped with an internal microphone, which is the round prominence above and between the PrtSc and ScrLk Keys. If you are truly concerned about recording fidelity, you can also purchase a high quality external microphone to fit into the 1/16 inch audio input jack. You can create a stand-alone recording from the Notes list view, using these recording commands. 1. While in the notes list view, move the PAC Mate's microphone near the source of sound. 2. When you are ready, press ALT+V, R to record. You will hear a single beep, which is your signal that recording has begun. 3. When you are ready to stop, press S. You will hear a double beep, which indicates the recording has stopped. 4. To play a recording, press ENTER on the recording in the notes list view. 5. To stop playing the recording, press ALT+V, S. Or you can access the recording feature from anywhere on PAC Mate with the default hotkey command, INSERT+SPACEBAR, 1. No other commands are necessary as this immediately starts the stand-alone recording. When you want to stop the recording, press S. Your recording is then saved in the Notes list view. To play the recording, just select it and press ENTER. To learn more about hotkey commands, please see Setting Up PAC Mate, Buttons. Attaching a Note to E-mail In the Notes list view; select the note or recording and press the Application Key. To select multiple notes or recordings, use the SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW. Then, press the Application Key. From the Context Menu, choose Send via E-mail. A new e-mail message is created with the note attached. If you are working offline, the message with the attached note is moved to the Outbox folder and will be sent the next time you connect. Pocket Internet Explorer The World Wide Web has a lot to offer. On any given day, at any given moment you can connect to the web and find interesting articles about any subject, you can buy almost anything and you can visit nearly every country. With Pocket Internet Explorer, you can download files, post to a listserv, access multimedia files, and even share resources and ideas with people who are located at opposite ends of the world. To open Internet Explorer, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key), press I twice and then press ENTER. When Internet Explorer opens, PAC Mate begins reading your home page. To silence speech, press CTRL. Your initial home page is a default page, which has links to Pocket Internet Explorer’s Online Help, PocketPC.com, FreedomScientific.com, MSN Mobile and AvantGo. To move about links on a page, press TAB or SHIFT+TAB and to open a page, press ENTER on the link. If you know the web address of the site, then press G to go directly to Pocket IE address bar and type in the address. When you are done press ENTER. The following table lists General PAC Mate commands available for Pocket Internet Explorer. Many of these commands are layered so you can press the second command repeatedly without re- pressing the initial command. Description Command Read Address Bar A Go To Address Bar G Back ALT+LEFT ARROW Refresh Page F5 Home Page ALT+HOME Adjust HTML Settings INSERT+V Favorites ALT+A Hide Pictures ALT+S, P Reading and Moving through Web Pages PAC Mate can provide information about the structure and organization of web pages. Tables, headings, and alternate text for images are announced. This information helps you locate what you need quickly and take full advantage of web features. Text When you open a web page, PAC Mate announces the presence of frames, links, and headings then it begins speaking the text on the screen. Reading and moving through web based text uses the same reading commands as those used for text in a document. For more information on moving and reading text, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text. Note: If you start reading before a page completely loads, some of the page may not be available. Links Links allow you to move from one portion of a document to another or from one document to another. When reading a web page with the Virtual Cursor, PAC Mate places each link on its own line, even if Internet Explorer visually presents the link on a line with other text or additional links. *To move through the links on the page, press TAB for the next link, and SHIFT+TAB for the prior link. *To open a link, press ENTER. *To skip past a series of links, press N. PAC Mate moves to the first text of at least 25 characters that is not a link. When you move to a link with the Virtual Cursor, PAC Mate announces the type of link and the text of the link. PAC Mate announces the type of link as follows: *Link: This indicates a link that has not been visited. *Visited Link: This indicates a link that has been visited. *This Page Link: This indicates a link that moves you to another location on the same page. *Send Mail Link: This indicates a link that opens a new e-mail message using your default e-mail program. The To field of the new e-mail is already filled out, and the Subject field is sometimes filled out as well. *FTP Link: This indicates a link that points to an FTP (File Transfer Protocol) server. Usually, these links are to files, and when you select them, Internet Explorer displays a dialog asking if you want to save the file to your computer. PAC Mate announces when a graphic is used as part of a link. Image Map Links are also announced. Image map links are part of an image. A small section of the image is mapped out to represent a "hot spot" that is normally clicked with the mouse. PAC Mate moves to image map links the same way it does to other links. PAC Mate provides configuration settings for links, so you can determine what information and how much information you wish to hear: *By Default, PAC Mate speaks the on screen text of a link, but you can set PAC Mate to instead speak Title text, assigned by the page author within the HTML code. Title text normally provides supplemental information about the link. *By default, PAC Mate announces the link type, but you can disable this, so PAC Mate announces same page links, send mail links, and ftp links as "link," or "Visited Link." To change these settings temporarily, press INSERT+V. To change them permanently, press Windows Key, S to open the Settings Dialog, and change the HTML settings as appropriate. Use the Links List dialog to quickly locate and select links on a web page. Press INSERT+F7 to open the Links List. Press UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW, or the first letter of a link's text to move through the list of links, and press ENTER to open a link. You can also move through the controls in this dialog by pressing TAB. There are buttons to move to the location of a link on the page or to open a link. There are radio button groups to filter and sort the links that display in the list. Below is a table that lists the commands available for navigating links. Description Command Next Link TAB Prior Link SHIFT+TAB Link List INSERT+F7 Move to Next Non-Link Text N Headings In HTML, headings are used to indicate the start of sections and subsections of a page so that the relationship between information within sections and subsections is clear when reading the page. When viewing all headings on a page, if the headings are used properly, the hierarchy of the heading levels indicates how the page is structured. This makes it easier to find information and understand the relationships within the information. Below is a table that lists the commands used to move by headings. Description Command List Headings INSERT+F6 Next Heading H Prior Heading SHIFT+H First Heading CTRL+HOME, H Last Heading CTRL+END, H PAC Mate recognizes headings at levels 1 through 6 and announces them as you move through the page or read using Say All. Press H to move to the next heading, or press SHIFT+H to move to the prior heading. To move to the first heading on the page, press CTRL+HOME, H. To move to the last heading, press CTRL+END, SHIFT+H. The Headings List dialog lists headings on the current page and indicates the heading level. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to move through the list. Press ENTER to move to the location of the selected heading on the web page. Headings are announced as you navigate through a web page, but if you want, you can turn this announcement off. To temporarily turn off heading announcement, press INSERT+V to open the Verbosity dialog and move to Indicate Headings. Press SPACEBAR to turn off this setting. To permanently change this setting: 1. Press Windows Key to open the Start Menu. 2. Press S to open the Settings Dialog. 3. Press TAB until you reach the combo box labeled "Headings Verbosity." 4. Press UP or DOWN ARROW to select the setting you want. 5. Press ENTER to close the HTML Settings Dialog. The HTML heading navigation features are extremely useful on pages that use headings as they are intended. However, many web pages are written that do not properly use headings. The heading navigation features may not be as useful on these pages. Tables PAC Mate provides commands that allow you to move within tables. In addition, when you use table navigation commands you can get information about the position of table cells and the structure of tables on a page. The following table lists the commands used to navigate tables in Pocket Internet Explorer. Description Command Read Current Cell ALT+CTRL+C Next Cell ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Prior Cell ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW Cell Above ALT+CTRL+UP ARROW Cell Below ALT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW First Cell ALT+CTRL+HOME Last Cell ALT+CTRL+END When you move through a web page, PAC Mate announces the start of tables, and the number of columns and rows, and reads the summary, if a summary is available. A table summary provides information about the purpose of the table. If a summary is provided, PAC Mate says, "Summary," and reads the summary text. When you navigate tables using standard reading commands, PAC Mate reads the cells in order from left to right and behaves as if each table cell begins on a new line. PAC Mate does not identify table headers or provide information about table structure when you navigate in this manner. To hear information about the current table cell, press ALT+CTRL, C. PAC Mate announces the row and column position, the current row and column headers, and the contents of the cell. When you move to the next or prior cell in the same row using table navigation commands such as ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW or ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW, PAC Mate reads the column header, the data in the cell, and the column number. To move to the cell above or below the current cell, press ALT+CTRL+UP ARROW or ALT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW. PAC Mate reads the row header, the data in the cell, and the row number. Note: PAC Mate does not identify row or column headers when you navigate tables using standard reading commands with the Virtual Cursor or when using Say All. Forms HTML forms on web pages allow you to enter information and send it to another computer. Examples of forms include shopping carts, feedback forms, and web-based e-mail and bulletin boards. Forms are collections of controls such as check boxes, combo boxes, edit fields, and radio buttons. The following table lists PAC Mate commands used to move through form fields on a web page. The following table lists the commands used to navigate forms in Pocket Internet Explorer. Description Command Enter Forms Mode ENTER Exit Forms Mode INSERT+X Next Field F Prior Field SHIFT+F First Field CTRL+INSERT+HOME Last Field CTRL+INSERT+END To enter text into a form field, move the Virtual Cursor to a form field, and press ENTER to switch to Forms Mode. PAC Mate says, "Forms Mode On," the information and the name of the control you are on. When you press ENTER to go into Forms Mode, the PC cursor is activated on the current control. If the field is an edit field, the cursor is placed at the top of the field. To navigate within an edit field while in Forms Mode, use the UP, DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT ARROW as you normally would. To move to the next form field while in Forms Mode, press TAB. To move to the previous field, press SHIFT+TAB. To exit Forms Mode, press INSERT+X. To check a check box or radio button on a form, press ENTER when the Virtual Cursor is on the item. If you are on a check box, the state of the check box is toggled. If you are on a radio button that is unchecked, the radio button is checked, however, if it was already checked, it remains unchanged. If you enter Forms Mode in a Combo box, the first item is selected. To change the selection, press UP or DOWN ARROW. Tip: In some forms, changing the selection in a combo box opens a new page automatically. To work with these combo boxes, press ALT+DOWN ARROW to open the list of choices. Then move to an item and press ENTER to make your selection. PAC Mate attempts to associate each form field with a textual prompt. PAC Mate can identify when a prompt is specifically associated with a control, and speaks the correct prompt when you move to that control. If no prompt is specifically associated with a control, PAC Mate attempts to identify text positioned near the control as the prompt. This is most accurate when the text is directly to the left or right of the form control. Forms on some web pages are not written with accessibility in mind, and PAC Mate cannot obtain enough information to read the form controls properly. If PAC Mate does not read form controls correctly while you are in Forms Mode, reading the form with the Virtual Cursor may provide additional helpful information. Press ENTER to turn Forms Mode on and fill in a form field. Then press INSERT+X to exit Forms Mode and continue reading the form with the Virtual Cursor. Changing Your Home Page If you want another web page as your home page, press G to move to the Address Bar and type in the address of the page. When you are done, press ENTER to go to that page. Next, press ALT to open the menu, and press ENTER on Tools. With the Tools Menu open, press ENTER on Options. The first controls in the Options dialog are two buttons, one labeled Use Current and one labeled Use Default. To have the web page currently opened as your home page, press ENTER on the Use Current button. Changing Security Options Pocket Internet Explorer supports the security protocols used by secure pages. When accessing a secure page, you can send personal information safely. To determine if a page is secure, press ALT, move to View and press ENTER. Select Properties. To change security settings, press ALT, move to Tools, and press ENTER. Go to Options and press SHIFT+TAB to move to the General tab, then press the RIGHT ARROW to move to the Advanced page. Cookies contain information about your identity and preferences so that a page can tailor information to your needs. To prevent Pocket Internet Explorer from accepting cookies, use the SPACEBAR to uncheck the Allow cookies check box. Synchronizing Favorite Links In ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+T to open the Tools Menu. Press ENTER on Options. In the Options dialog list view, move to Favorite and place a check in the box. In Internet Explorer on your PC, save or move favorite links to the Mobile Favorites subfolder in the Favorites list. Connect your mobile device to your PC. If synchronization does not start automatically, in ActiveSync on your PC, press ALT+F and press ENTER on Synchronize. Note: If you add or delete a favorite link in the Mobile Favorites folder on your device, the next time you synchronize, the same change is made on the PC. Viewing Favorites If favorite pages are not synchronized using a schedule for synchronization, in Internet Explorer on your PC, go to Tools (ALT+T) and select Synchronize. On PAC Mate, press ALT, move to Favorites, and press ENTER. Use the arrow keys to select the page that you want to view and press ENTER. Note: If you get a message that the page is not available, you must download the page to your device through synchronization or connect to the Internet. To quickly stop pictures and sounds from downloading, press ALT, move to Hide Pictures, and press ENTER. Adding/Deleting a Favorite Link Go to the page you want to add. Press ALT and press ENTER on Favorites. Press SHIFT+TAB to move from the Open Favorites page to the Open Favorites tab. Next, press the RIGHT ARROW to move to the Add/Delete tab. Press TAB to move to the Add button and press ENTER. When the next page opens, press ENTER on the Add button again. Note: To add a new folder, go to the Add/Delete page, press ENTER on the New Folder button. Enter a name for the folder, and press ENTER the Add button again. To delete a link, the steps are the same except that you first select the link that you want to delete in the Add/Delete page, then move to the Delete button and press ENTER. The link is then deleted. Note: Only the link to the page is deleted, not the page content stored on your device. To delete the page itself, press ALT move to Tools, and press ENTER. Select Options. On the General tab press ENTER on the Delete Files button. FSEdit FSEdit is a word processing application that you can use to create and edit documents. Unlike Pocket Word or Notes, FSEdit was created specifically for the blind user. Among its friendly and convenient features, you will find FSEdit allows you to work with Grade 2 Braille files, provides a robust editing environment complete with a spell checker, and offers the facility to emboss all supported file formats. The default location for FSEdit is the Programs submenu (Windows Key, P). Press F until you hear FSEdit and then press ENTER. When you first open FSEdit, it automatically creates a new document. If necessary you may also create a new document by pressing ALT and then ENTER on the File Menu. In the File Menu, press N and ENTER again. This will also create a new blank document. The table below lists all the commands available in FSEdit. File Menu Shortcuts Open File CTRL+O Save File CTRL+S Edit Menu Shortcuts Set Mark ALT+E, M Select to Mark ALT+E, S Switch Cursor and Mark Positions ALT+E, W Select Word ALT+Q, W Select Sentence ALT+Q, S Select Line ALT+Q, L Select Paragraph ALT+Q, P Find ALT+E, F Replace ALT+E, R Insert Menu Shortcuts Insert Date and Time ALT+I, D Insert File Text ALT+I, F Spelling Spell Check F7 Read Word in Context INSERT+C Read Mistake and Suggestion INSERT+F7 Saving a Document If the file you want save has the correct name, is in the correct file format, and in the correct folder, you can simply press CTRL+S and your file will be saved. If, however, you want to save the file with another name, with a different file format, or in another folder, you will have to open the File Menu and select Save As. In the Save As dialog you can change any parameter of the file. Use the TAB command to navigate this dialog. Below lists the options available in each combo box in the Save As dialog. Folder combo box: The default is None, which means that you file will be saved in the default folder, My Documents. The other folder options, listed below, are subfolders of the My Documents folder. *None *Business *Personal *Templates File Type combo box: FSEdit offers a nice variety of file types that easily match your working needs. In addition, FSEdit’s own the default file type, .fsd, allows for synchronization to your PC, storage of additional information such as Grade of Braille, cursor location, mark location, and Grade 2 back translation for easy conversion between the other file types supported by FSEdit. * *.fsd – FSEdit’s default file format * *.brl – Compatible with Braille Lite notetakers * *.brf – Formatted Braille, compatible with web Braille * *.rtf – Rich Text Format, compatible with most word processors * *.psw – Pocket Word’s default file format * *.txt – ASCII text file format Location combo box: * Main Memory * Internal FlashDisk * Storage Card Revert To Saved This menu item reloads the last saved version of the document and discards any succeeding editorial changes. Opening a Document 1. To launch the Open File dialog, press CTRL+O. 2. Press SHIFT+TAB to move into the list view of files, and then use the arrow keys to make your selection. 3. When find the file you want, press TAB to move to the OK button and then press ENTER. 4. If the file is not stored in the current folder, press TAB until you hear, “Folder list box,” then use the arrow keys to choose the folder in which the file is stored. 5. If the folder is not in the current location, press TAB until you hear, “Location list box,” then use the arrow keys to choose the location in which the folder is stored. 6. If the file is of another file type, press TAB until you hear, “Type list box,” then use the arrow keys to choose the file type. Connecting to an Embosser Before you can emboss a document, you must first select your embosser type in the Properties dialog, which is accessed from the Emboss dialog. When you select your embosser, many of the fields in the Properties dialog automatically populate with your embosser’s default settings. This means you can immediately begin embossing your document or you can change the embossing settings. To launch the Properties dialog: 1. Open the File Menu. 2. Use the arrow keys to move to Emboss and press ENTER to launch the Emboss dialog. 3. Use TAB to move to the Properties button and press ENTER to open the Properties dialog. 4. When this dialog opens, press TAB once to place your cursor in the Embosser combo box. This combo box lists embossers that are compatible with FSEdit. Use your UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select your embosser. 5. If you are satisfied with the automatic settings of your embosser, you can press ENTER to return to the Embosser dialog. If not, press TAB to move to each field and adjust the setting. When you are done, move to the OK button and press ENTER. 6. In the Embosser dialog, press TAB until you hear, “Connection button” and press ENTER. 7. Use your UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select the port connecting your embosser. 8. If you select Windows Device, press TAB to move to the Location edit box. Type in the network path of the embosser. For example: \\server\my embosser. 9. Press ENTER or select the Ok button to return to the Emboss dialog. Embossing a Document Embossing a document is initiated from the Emboss dialog. To launch the Emboss dialog you must open the File Menu and select Emboss (E). With the Emboss dialog open, you have several controls that allow you to change the way your document is embossed. If you do not want to change any of the parameters and are ready to emboss, press TAB until you reach the Ok button and then press SPACEBAR. Number of Copies Unless you specify the number of copies embossed, FSEdit will only emboss one copy of a document. To emboss more than one copy of a document: 1. From the File Menu press E to open the Emboss dialog. 2. Press TAB until you hear “Number of copies one.” 3. Type in the number of copies to be embossed. 4. Once you have selected your number, you can change more emboss parameters or press TAB to move to the Ok button. Press ENTER to print your document. Emboss Settings Depending on your needs, you may want to emboss on different size paper. Changes made to the embossing settings are retained until you change them or reset them to their defaults. For 8.5 x 11 inch paper, use the following settings: Cell Per Line: 34 Lines Per Page: 25 Top Margin in lines: 0 Max Cells Per Line of Embosser: 34 Max Lines Per Page of Embosser: 27 For 11.5 x 11 inch paper, use the following settings: Cell Per Line: 40 Lines Per Page: 25 Top Margin in lines: 0 Max Cells Per Line of Embosser: 42 Max Lines Per Page of Embosser: 27 Changing Emboss Settings 1. From the File Menu, press E to open the Emboss dialog. 2. Use TAB to move to the Properties button and press ENTER to open the dialog. 3. Press TAB to move to the Set Cell Per Line To edit box. Type the number of Braille cells you want in each line. 4. Press TAB to move to the Set Lines Per Page To edit box. Type the number of lines you want on each page. 5. Press TAB to move to the Set Top Margin in lines to edit box. Type the number of lines you want to set for your top margin. 6. Press TAB until you hear, “Max Cells Per Line of Embosser edit box.” Type the absolute maximum number of cells you want on each line. 7. Press TAB to move to the Max Lines Per Page of Embosser edit box. Type the absolute maximum number of lines you want on each page. 8. Press TAB to move to the Margins for Interpoint check box, use the SPACEBAR to place a check in the box. 9. Press TAB to move to the Pages for Interpoint check box, use the SPACEBAR to place a check in the box. 10. Press ENTER on the Ok button to emboss your document. Resetting the Embosser’s Default Settings 1. Open the Emboss dialog. 2. Use TAB to move to the Properties button and press ENTER to open the dialog. 3. When this dialog opens, press TAB once to place your cursor in the Embosser combo box. Use your UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select another embosser. 4. Reselect your embosser. The default settings will repopulate each field. 5. Press ENTER on the Ok button to return to the Emboss dialog. Computer Braille vs. Grade 2 Braille Regardless of whether you created a Braille file or one of the other supported file formats, FSEdit’s default setting sends text to your embosser in Grade 2 Braille. If necessary, you can emboss a file in Computer Braille. To emboss a file in Computer Braille: 1. Open the Emboss dialog. 2. Press TAB until you hear, “Grade 2 checked.” A check in this box means the document will emboss in Grade 2 Braille. To emboss in Computer Braille, press SPACEBAR to uncheck this box. 3. Once you have selected the Braille language, you can change more emboss parameters or press TAB to move to the Ok button and then press ENTER to emboss your document. Printing Documents There are two ways to launch the print dialog. The easy way is to press CTRL+P from within any document. The other way is to open the File Menu (ALT, ENTER) and select Print (P). Unless you want to change print parameters or you have more than one printer installed on your computer, you can immediately press ENTER or select the Ok button to print a single copy of your document. The default margin set for the top, bottom, left, and right page edge is 1 inch. Number of Copies Unless you specify the number of copies printed, PAC Mate prints only one copy of a document. To print more than one copy of a document: 1. Press CTRL+P to open the Number of Copies page. 2. After you hear “Number of copies one,” Braille in the number of copies to be printed. 3. Once you have Braille your number, press ENTER twice to print your document or use the Print dialog to make more changes. Changing Printers If multiple printers are installed on your computer, then PAC Mate uses the same default printer designated in Windows. While PAC Mate’s Print dialog allows you to change printers, it does not allow you to change the default printer. To change printers: 1. Press CTRL+P to open the Number of Copies page. 2. Navigate beyond the number of copies edit page by pressing ENTER. 3. When the Print dialog opens, the Printer combo box is active. Use your UP or DOWN ARROW keys to select another printer. 4. Press ENTER or select the Ok button to print your document. Choosing Port Settings Currently PAC Mate supports printing to printers on a network, that are infrared, BlueTooth and WiFi compatible and through WinPrint on the PC. If you select network because you are printing to a network printer, you must enter the printer’s UNC path in the Net Path edit field. You must also enter this information in File Explorer. Choosing Paper Size The default paper size setting for PAC Mate is Letter (8.5 x 11 inches). To choose another paper size: 1. Press CTRL+P to open the Print dialog. 2. Navigate beyond the number of copies edit page by pressing ENTER. 3. When the Print dialog opens, move to the Paper Size combo box. This combo box lets you select a different paper size. Use your UP or DOWN ARROWS to make your selection. 4. Once you have selected your new page size you can change more print parameters or press ENTER to print your document. Selecting a Print Range The Print Range area of the Print dialog is composed of two radio buttons: All and Selection. Use the arrow keys to select either radio button. Unless you specify a selection, PAC Mate will print all pages contained with in a document. To specify a selection: 1. Select the text you want to print with the selecting commands. 2. Press CTRL+P to open the Print dialog. 3. Navigate beyond the number of copies edit page by pressing ENTER. 4. Move to the Print Range radio buttons and use your arrow keys to choose Selection. 5. Press ENTER or select the Ok button to print your document. Page Orientation The Orientation area of the Print Setup dialog is composed of two radio buttons: Portrait and Landscape. To change the page orientation: 1. Press CTRL+P to open the Print dialog. 2. Navigate beyond the number of copies edit page by pressing ENTER. 3. Next, press TAB until you hear “Page Orientation.” Use the arrow keys to make your selection. 4. Once you have selected the page orientation, you can change more print parameters or press ENTER to return to the Print dialog. 5. To print your document, press TAB to move to the Ok button, then press ENTER to start the print job. Draft Mode On by default, the Draft Mode check box in the Print dialog uses less ink, but reduces the sharpness and quality of print on paper. To improve print sharpness and quality, press the SPACEBAR to uncheck this box. Using WinPrint You must synchronize your FSEdit documents to a desktop computer or laptop and then print your documents on its printer. Install WinPrint.exe on your PC. This program is included on the User's Documentation CD. This program uses whatever printer is installed on the PC to print out .brl files as text files. WinPrint recognizes all format characters documented. To use WinPrint: 1. Transfer your .brl file to the PC with ActiveSync. 2. Select and open the .brl file – WinPrint automatically launches. 3. Press CTRL+P to print the file. Mark Emphasis Text Emphasis text is text that is bold, underlined and/or in italics. This item (enabled by default and only available when embossing in Grade 2 Braille) indicates when text has emphasis. Disabling Mark Emphasis Text 1. Open the Emboss dialog. 2. Press TAB until you hear, “Mark Emphasis Text.” 3. A check in this box means bold, underline and/or italic text is marked. 4. If you want to emboss without marking Emphasis Text, press SPACEBAR to uncheck this box. 5. To emboss your document, press TAB to move to the Ok button and then press ENTER. Selecting Text vs. Marking Text While these two features, selecting text and marking text, use very different approaches, they do perform virtually the same function. The difference, however, is that with Marking Text you can accurately mark text and have the added advantage of being able to freely read your document until you find the word(s) you want to mark inclusively. Whereas when you select text, you must move linearly in a fixed increment until the block of text you want is selected. This may result in more editing, as some unwanted text might get selected. Marking Text 1. Set the mark at the location of the cursor by opening the Edit Menu and pressing ENTER on Set Mark or by pressing ALT+E, M. 2. Move the cursor to a different location in the document. 3. Choose Select to Mark from the Edit Menu or press ALT+E, S to select all the text between the mark and the cursor. Switching Mark and Cursor Positions On occasion you may find it helpful to review the information you have selected. Or you may find that you want to select text that is beyond the marked end. To do this easily, swap the position of the mark and cursor. You can find this feature in the Edit Menu or simply press ALT+E, W. Selecting Text In addition to all the selecting commands available in PAC Mate, FSEdit has its own Quick Select commands. The Quick Select commands let you select text in five different increments. You can find these options in the Edit Menu under the Quick Select submenu or you can press the following shortcut commands. Word ALT+Q, W Sentence ALT+Q, S Paragraph ALT+Q, P Line ALT+Q, L Entire Document ALT+Q, D Find The Find feature is a very handy tool that lets you search for a word or phrase within an open document quickly. When you press ALT+E, F, FSEdit launches the Find dialog with the cursor in the Find What edit box. Type in the word or phrase you want to find. Use the TAB key to navigate the dialog. Other controls in this dialog that are available are Find Whole Words Only, Match Case, and Search Direction. When you are ready, press ENTER on the Find Next button. Replace The Replace menu item (ALT+E, R) is similar to the Find feature in that it searches for words or phrases within a document, but it has the additional feature of replacing words or phrases with alternative text. Its dialog is similar to the Find dialog but has two additional buttons. The Replace button, which replaces one instance of the word or phrase and the Replace All button, which replaces all instances of the word or phrase in the document. Formatting a Document In FSEdit makes formatting a document very easy. Most formatting options available can be directly accessed from the two submenus in the Format Menu. To format a document: 1. Press ALT, then F twice to move the Format menu and press ENTER to open the Format menu. 2. On the Format menu you have two choices: Font and Paragraph. Each opens a submenu when you press ENTER. 3. The Font submenu options include: bold, italic, underline, strikethrough, and more options. In order to use the bold, italic, underline and strikethrough options you must first select the text using one of the three method available: *Windows standard. Hold down the Shift key and press the arrow keys (or equivalent Braille keystroke). *Select specific unit. Choose one of the following items from the Edit/Select submenu: Word, sentence, paragraph, line, and entire document. *Mark method. 4. The Paragraph submenu options include: align left, align center, align right, justify, increase indent, and decrease indent. 5. If you select more from the Font submenu you launch a Font dialog. From here you can select a different font type, font style, font size, and font effect. Inserting Text The first two items can be found in the Insert Menu, while the third item can be found in the Format Menu. To select a format for the Date/Time Stamp and for Bullets and Numbering go to the Tools Menu and select Options. *Insert File Text: Lets you grab the text from another file and paste it into your FSEdit document. *Date/Time Stamp: Lets you insert the date: Time is not supported at this time. (ALT+I, D) *Bullet and Numbering: You must go into the Format Menu. Checking Spelling You can check the spelling of a specific word, or of all the words in a document. If a word is spelled correctly, but not recognized, you can add the word(s) to FSEdit’s online dictionary. To launch the Spell Checker dialog, press F7 Once the Spell Checker dialog opens, your cursor is in the Change To box on a word from the Suggestions List. At this point, you have several options to choose from. Use the TAB key to navigate the dialog and press ENTER on the control that performs the particular action you want. When you encounter the Suggestions List box, use the UP or DOWN ARROW keys to make your selection. Word Count When you want to know the number of words in a document, press ALT move to Tool and press ENTER. Then move and press ENTER on Word Count FSCalc FSCalc is a scientific, engineering, and financial calculator. The calculator includes functions for statistics, metric conversions and physical properties and constants. Entering Equations and Expressions You can choose to enter an equation or expression using the menu (ALT) or by typing it with the keyboard. Anytime you solve an equation or expression, you must follow conventional math rules such as the order of operations. *Parenthesis and Brackets - Simplify the inside of parenthesis and brackets before you deal with the exponent (if any) of the parenthesis or remove the parenthesis. *Exponents - Simplify the exponent of a number or of a parenthesis before you multiply, divide, add, or subtract it. *Multiplication and Division - Simplify multiplication and division in the order they appear from left to right. *Addition and Subtraction - Simplify addition and subtraction in the order they appear from left to right. Variables can be any combination of letters (a-z) and digits (0- 9). Standard operations are entered in the form a+b, with no spaces. For example, x=7, y=9, x+y, f+10. Operators modify the value stored in a variable. Expressions are any combinations of numbers, variables, operators and functions. Functions consist of a name followed by a comma-separated list of arguments enclosed in parentheses. If you choose to type the function instead of selecting it from the menus, be sure that you type it without spaces. Once you have entered the equation or expression, press ENTER for the result. If you select a function from the Functions Menu, anything selected on the current line is treated as an argument, i.e., placed in parentheses. When you press ENTER to calculate an operation, PAC Mate speaks and selects the result. If you type a new number or entry, it replaces the result with the new entry. If you type an operator, the result become part of the new operation and the insertion point is placed at the end of the operation, ready for you to finish your calculation. Reviewing the History Once you have entered a calculation(s) you can sequentially review the steps taken or the equations entered by pressing the UP ARROW to move backward or DOWN ARROW to move forward. Saving the Calculation At anytime, while working through a calculation, you can save your work as a .txt file. Press CTRL+S to save the file in the current folder with the current name in the current location or open the File Menu and select Save As. Type a new file name, use the TAB command to move to the Folder combo box, and press the DOWN ARROW to select a folder. Press TAB again to move to the Location combo box and press the DOWN ARROW to select a location. Clearing the Calculator With FSCalc you can clear three items in the calculator: clear current line (ALT+S, C), clear the history (ALT+S, H), or clear the variables (ALT+S, V). You can find these three items in the Edit Menu as well. Arithmetic Examples Question: Simplify the following expression 2+(3-1)*32. 1. Following the order of operations, simplify the term inside the parenthesis first. In the edit window of FSCalc, type 3- 1, then press ENTER. 2. Next, type p w r ( 3,2 ) or press ALT, F, ENTER to open the Functions Menu, then press ENTER on the Trig submenu and select Pwr. Pwr(2) will show automatically in the edit window so all you need to do is press the LEFT ARROW twice and type 3,. When you are done, press ENTER. 3. The next order of operations to solve for is the answer from step 2 multiplied by the answer from step 1, which is (2)*9. To do this, press * and type the answer “2.” (If you cannot remember the answer from step 1, you can use UP ARROW to review each step taken in this expression. Use the DOWN ARROW to move to the last answer, which was 9.) When you are done, press ENTER. 4. The last step to simplifying this expression is to add 2 to18. Press “+” so expression now becomes 18+ and type the number 2, ENTER. (Answer = 20) 5. Review the calculations for any errors by pressing the UP ARROW. 6. Since the File Menu is already selected, press ALT, ENTER and choose Save As to name and save this calculation as a .txt file. 7. Press ALT+S, H to clear the history. Question: You are shopping for a new desktop computer and have found one for $875.00. The computer store salesman tells you that the special going on is 35% off all computers storewide. How much is the computer you picked out? 1. In the edit window type 875*35%. 2. When you are done press ENTER. 3. Now, subtract $306.25 from $875.00 (Answer = $568.75) Conversion Example Conversion Question: The winter of 2002-2003 is reputed to be one of the coldest winters on record. To substantiate this, your friends from Syracuse, New York call to tell you that the temperature outside is –25 degrees Celsius and the wind is blowing at 10 miles per hour. What is the temperature in Fahrenheit and the wind chill factor? 1. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu select and press ENTER on Conversions. In the submenu select and press ENTER on Celsius to Fahrenheit. 2. Type -25 and press ENTER. (Answer = -13 degrees Fahrenheit) 3. Next, go back into the Conversions submenu and press ENTER on Wind Chill. The edit window now has wc(-13). 4. Press RIGHT ARROW once to move inside the parentheses and type ,10 and press ENTER. (Wind Chill = -37.2555 degrees Fahrenheit) Statistical Example Statistical Question: Find the average, standard deviation and sum from the following data. Data Set (6,8,9,10,2) 1. Type a v g ( 6,8,9,10,2 ) and press ENTER. Or press ALT, F, ENTER. With the Functions Menu opened move to the Stat submenu and press ENTER. Press ENTER again on Avg. Now type 6,8,9,10,2 and press ENTER. (Answer = 7) 2. Use the UP ARROW and SHIFT+HOME, CTRL+C to move, select and copy (6,8,9,10,2). Press the DOWN ARROW once and BACKSPACE over the 7, then paste the selected text. Move to the beginning of the line with the HOME Key and type s t d d e v. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = 2.82843) 3. Clear the current line, 2.82843, with ALT+S, C. Press CTRL+V and HOME to paste the selected text that is still on the clipboard and move to the beginning of the line. Type s u m and press ENTER. (Answer = 35) Financial Examples Financial Question: Your financial advisor is recommending that you invest $5000.00 in a particular fund for 10 years. He says that the annual rate of return is 7.18%. In order to make an informed decision, you need to find out how much your money would be worth in 10 years. To solve this problem using the order of operations you need to have some knowledge of the relationship between the rate of interest (r), time (t), the present value (pv) and the future value (fv) of the dollar. The relationship is as follows: fv=pv*(1+r/n)nt pv = 5000 r = 0.0718 n = 1 t = 10 years fv = ? To help with the concept, open Notes and take the variables above and plug them into the formula: fv = 5000*(1+.0718/1)(1)(10). You can solve this problem using the order of operations or you can use the financial functions in FSCalc. Using the order of operations: 1. Solve 1+.0718 first. 2. Press ALT, F, ENTER to open the Functions Menu. From the Trig Menu select and press ENTER on Pwr. 3. The edit window now reflects the following: pwr(1.0718). Because the cursor is outside the parentheses, you need to press the RIGHT ARROW once and finish the function by pressing ,10 and ENTER. (Answer = 2.0005) 4. Last, solve for fv by multiplying the future value factor, (1+r/n)nt = 2.0005, and the present value = $5000.00. (Answer = $10,000) Using FSCalc: Note: When using the financial functions of FSCalc, you must list your known variables in the following order: fv(r,n,t,pv), pv(r,n,t,fv), pmt(r,n,t,pv), loan(r,n,t,pmt), install(r,n,t,fv) and rate(n,pv,fv). Where: pv = present value or initial value fv = future value r = the annual interest rate t = time n = number of compound periods in a year 1. First clear the history with ALT+S, H. 2. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on fv. 3. The edit window now has fv(). Inside the parentheses, type .0718,10,1,5000. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = $10,0002.5) Financial Question: You are interested in buying a home. You want to know what your monthly payment will be if you take a 15 year bank note for $120,000 at rate of 4.75% compounded monthly. Using Notes, list out your known variables. pmt = ? r = .0475 n = 12 t = 15 pv = 120,000 1. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on payment. 2. The edit window now has pmt(). Inside the parentheses, type .0475,12,15,120000. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = $933.40) Financial Question: You are concerned about your retirement. You want to know how much you have to invest today in order to accumulate $1 million dollars by time you are ready to retire. You have found an annuity that that is paying 10% return compounded monthly. You figure that you will retire in about 35 years. Using Notes, list out your known variables and set up your problem. fv = $1 million r = 0.10 n = 12 t = 35 years pv = ? 1. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on pv. 2. The edit window now has pv(). Inside the parentheses, type .10,12,35,1000000. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = $30,638.50) In the above question, how much money do you have to deposit into the annuity each month if the annuity is compounded bimonthly? In Notes reevaluate your variables. The rate is reconfigured because it is compounded bimonthly. If the rate is compounded quarterly you would divide by 4. In addition, the number of comp fv = $1 million pv = $30,637.25 r = .10 n = 24 t = 35 1. Press ALT+S, C to clear the line and then press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on installment. 2. The edit window now has install(). Inside the parentheses, type .10,24,35,1000000. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = $130.72) Financial Question: You need to take out a 5 year loan for some small home improvements. According to your budget you can afford to spend $50.00 monthly to pay back the loan. Bank rates on a 5 year loan are 6% compounded monthly. Given these parameters how much money can you borrow? Using Notes, list out your known variables. loan = ? r = .06 n = 12 t = 5 pmt = 50 1. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on loan. 2. The edit window now has loan(). Inside the parentheses, type .06,12,5,50. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = $2586.28) Financial Question: You receive quarterly statements from your mutual fund company on your IRA. As you watch your fund’s performance you wonder what the rate of return is on your IRA. Your initial investment two years ago was $2000.00 and your most recent statement shows a balance of $3829.52. The IRA is compounded daily. Using Notes, list out your known variables. rate = ? pv = $2000.00 fv = $3829.52 n = 365 1. Press ALT, F, ENTER. From the Functions Menu, open the financial submenu and press ENTER on rate. 2. The edit window now has rate(). Inside the parentheses, type 365,2000,3829.52. When you are done press ENTER. (Answer = .00178 x 100 = .178%) Operators Name Symbol Plus + Minus - Times * Divided by / Percent % Assignment = Arithmetic Functions Description Name Absolute value Abs() Reciprocal recip() Round round() Integer part trunc() Statistical Functions Sum of any number of arguments sum() Average of any number of arguments avg() Standard deviation of any number of arguments stddev() Median of any number of arguments median() Minimum of any number of arguments min() Maximum of any number of arguments max() Trigonometric Functions Arccosine sine acos() Arcsine asin() Arctangent tangent atan() Arctangent of x/y atan2(arg x, arg y) Average avg() Cosine cos() Hyperbolic cosine cosh() Exponential exp() Floating Point Absolute Value fabs() Floating Point Modulus Operations fmod() Natural Logarithm log() Base 10 Logarithm log10() Arg1 to the power arg2 pwr(arg1,arg2) Sine sin() Hyperbolic Sine sinh() Square root sqrt() Tangent tan() Hyperbolic Tangent tanh() Conversion Functions Celsius to Fahrenheit Fahr() Fahrenheit to Celsius cels() centimeter to inches in() inches to centimeters cm() meter to feet ft() feet to meter mt() kilometer to miles mi() mile to kilometers km() gallon to liters l() liter to gallons gal() pounds to kilograms kg() kilograms to pounds lb() ounces to grams gm() grams to ounces oz() wind chill (temperature in Fahrenheit, wind speed) wc() Financial Functions Present value of dollar pv() Future value of dollar fv() Payment pmt() Loan loan() Install install() Rate rate() Pocket Excel With PAC Mate’s support of Pocket Excel, many new and exciting possibilities await you. While a mini version of the desktop application, Pocket Excel retains many features you need in a spreadsheet analysis program. Like other Pocket PC applications, your Excel files are fully synchronizable with Excel on your PC. Pocket Excel files use the extension .pxl and .pxt. During synchronization, many items in your.xls file will not convert or are changed in your .pxl or .pxt files. For instance, cell comments and hyperlinks do not convert, while borders change to single lines in Pocket Excel. However, once you synchronize and convert back to .xls these items are restored. For more information on PAC Mate Conversion changes, please see Pocket Excel’s online help in the PAC Mate. You can find the Pocket Excel application in the Programs submenu (Windows Key, P, P, ENTER). The first time you open Pocket Excel, it opens by default to a blank spreadsheet so you can immediately begin entering data. After you have created a workbook, Pocket Excel will then open first to a list view where you can choose the workbook you want to open or create a new workbook. To select a workbook in the list view, use the arrow keys to move to the workbook and then press ENTER. To create a new workbook, press ALT and press ENTER on New. In Pocket Excel you can open only one workbook at a time. When you open a second workbook, the first one is saved and closed automatically. To save a workbook, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. From the Tools Menu, press ENTER on Save Workbook As. In the Name edit field type a name for your file. If you want your workbook to get saved in a particular folder, press TAB to move to the next control and use the arrow keys to select a folder. The next control allows you to change the workbook’s format. Since this is also a combo box, use the arrow keys to select a file format. The last control in this dialog designates where you want to save your file. You have a choice of using the Main Memory or Internal FlashDisk. To close and exit this dialog, press ENTER. Synchronizing Pocket Excel Workbooks Pocket Excel workbooks can be synchronized with Excel on your PC. To synchronize files of any type, you must first create a partnership. Then in ActiveSync on your PC go to the Tools Menu (ALT+T) and select Options. In the Mobile Device list view, place a check in the Files’ check box. When you select Files, a PACMate My Documents folder is created on your PC's desktop. Place all files you want to synchronize with the PAC Mate in this folder. Password-protected files cannot be synchronized. All Pocket Excel files stored in My Documents and its subfolders are synchronized with the PC. ActiveSync converts documents during synchronization. For more information on synchronization or file conversion, see ActiveSync Help on the PC. Note: When you delete a file on either your PC or your PAC Mate, the file is deleted in the other location the next time you synchronize. Attaching a Worksheet to E-mail In the documents list view; select the document and press Application Key. To select multiple documents, use the SPACEBAR+UP/DOWN ARROW. Then, press Application Key. From the Context Menu, choose Send via E-mail. A new e-mail message is created with the document attached. Pocket Word Pocket Word is a word processing program designed for Pocket PC. Pocket Word allows for synchronization of documents between your desktop computer and your PAC Mate so that you have the most up-to-date content in both locations. To open Pocket Word, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key) and press P three times. Then press ENTER to open Pocket Word. The first time you open Pocket Word from the Programs Menu, it opens by default to a blank document so you can immediately begin typing. After you have created a document, Pocket Word will then open first to a list view where you can choose the document you want to open or create a new document. To select a document in the list view, use the arrow keys to move to the document and then press ENTER. To create a new document, press ALT and press ENTER on New. Pocket Word has several templates you can use as a default document. These templates contain preformatted text so much of the work is already done for you. To select a template, press ALT and press ENTER on Tools. From the Tools Menu, press ENTER on Options. Press TAB to move to the Default Template combo box, and use the arrow keys to select a template type. In Pocket Word you can open only one document at a time. When you open a second document, the first one is saved and closed automatically. You can save a document you create or edit in a variety of formats, including Word (.doc), Pocket Word (.psw), Rich Text Format (.rtf), and Plain Text (.txt). To save a document, press ALT, move to Tools and press ENTER. From the Tools Menu, press ENTER on Save Document As. In the Name edit field type a name for your file. If you want your document to get saved in a particular folder, press TAB to move to the next control and use the arrow keys to select a folder. The next control allows you to change the documents format. Since this is also a combo box, use the arrow keys to select a file format. The last control in this dialog designates where you want to save your file. You have a choice of using the Main Memory or a Storage Card. To close and exit this dialog, press ENTER. As you continue to create, synchronize and edit documents, you may find that having all files appear in the list view too cumbersome to navigate. To have your files show in the list view by their respective folders, press ALT and press ENTER on Show By. Next, select the folder that contains the file you want to open or add a new folder by selecting the Add/Delete option from the menu. In addition to showing files by their respective folders, you can sort files by date, name, size and type. To do this, press ALT and press ENTER on Sort By. Use the arrow keys to make your selection. To delete, copy, rename or move, use the editing commands such as CTRL+X; CTRL+C; or CTRL+H. For more information on these commands, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text, Editing. To e-mail a document, open the list view of Pocket Word and select the file then press the Application Key. From the context menu use the arrow keys to select the appropriate action. Synchronizing Pocket Word Documents Pocket Word documents can be synchronized with Word documents on your PC. To synchronize files of any type, you must first create a partnership. Then in ActiveSync on your PC go to the Tools Menu (ALT+T) and select Options. In the Mobile Device list view, place a check in the Files’ check box. When you select Files, a PACMate My Documents folder is created on your PC's desktop. Place all files you want to synchronize with the PAC Mate in this folder. Password- protected files cannot be synchronized. All Pocket Word files stored in My Documents and its subfolders are synchronized with the PC. ActiveSync converts documents during synchronization. For more information on synchronization or file conversion, see ActiveSync Help on the PC. Note: When you delete a file on either your PC or your PAC Mate, the file is deleted in the other location the next time you synchronize. File Conversion Word documents (.doc) and templates (.dot) created in Word 6.0 or later on the PC are converted to Pocket Word documents (.psw) during file synchronization. Pocket Word documents are converted to Word documents when they’re synchronized back to the PC. During conversion from Word to Pocket Word, most simple text and paragraph formatting are retained and displayed, although some formatting attributes may be changed or lost. For more information, see ActiveSync Help on the PC. Note: To use your new document as a template, move the document to the Templates folder. The section below lists conversion behavior between Pocket Word and Word. *Borders and shading are not displayed in Pocket Word, but are restored when converted back to a Word document. Shading is not restored when used in a table, but simple borders are restored. *Character formatting such as bold, italic, strikethrough, superscript, subscript, and hidden text are retained and displayed. Other effects are changed or removed. *Colors are retained and mapped to colors available on your device. *Fonts and font sizes not supported by PAC Mate are mapped to the closest font available. The original font will be listed on your PAC Mate. When converted back to Word, the data is displayed in the original font. *Page formatting such as headers, footers, footnotes, columns, page setup information, and style sheets are removed during conversion to Pocket Word. Pocket Word supports built-in headings. *Paragraph formatting such as tabs, alignment, bullets, indentation, simple numbered lists, and paragraph spacing are retained and displayed in Pocket Word. *Pictures are removed during conversion. *Table of contents, text and some formatting are preserved. However, any text set at right-aligned tab stops may wrap to the next line. *Index text and some formatting are preserved. *Table formatting is removed, but text is preserved. *OLE objects are removed during conversion. *Revision marks are visible but cannot be changed. *Annotations and comments are removed during conversion. Finding and Replacing Text Within Pocket Word is a Find/Replace Feature that is very similar to the Find/Replace Feature in Word. With this feature you can search for strings of text or a single word and replace it with other text. To use the Find/Replace Feature press ALT, move to Edit, and press ENTER. From the Edit Menu select Find/Replace. Type the text you want to find. Press TAB to move to the Find button and press ENTER. If you’re replacing text, TAB to the Replace button and press ENTER. Type the replacement text. With this feature you can match case and match whole words. Use the SPACEBAR to check these options. When you are ready to Find a word(s) press ENTER on the Find button. Pocket Word selects the first instance of the text in the document and displays a window with buttons that allows you to find the next instance or replace the text. Formatting The formatting options available in the Pocket Word Edit Menu are fairly robust. With it you can control point size and font type, determine text attributes such as bold, italic, underline etc., and align, bullet or indent text as needed. Of course, you can always use PAC Mate’s formatting commands. For more information on these commands, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text. To format your document using Pocket Word’s Edit Menu, press ALT, move to Edit and press ENTER. If you want to work with the font and alignment, go to Format on the Edit Menu and press ENTER. To work with paragraph alignment, bulleted lists and indentation, go to Paragraph on the Edit Menu and press ENTER. As you are working in Pocket Word, remember to select the text you want affected, then go into the menus and make your changes. For more information on selecting text, please see PAC Mate Basics, Working with Text. You can also insert the date if you want. To do this press ALT, go to the Tools Menu and from the Tools Menu select Insert Date. The date is then placed into your document at the cursor location. Saving, Renaming, Moving, and Deleting When you create a new document, the information you enter is saved automatically and named according to the first characters of text entered in the document. In an open document, you can: *Save a copy of the document. Go to the Tools Menu by pressing ALT and select Save Document As. *Rename the document. Go to the Edit Menu by press ALT and select the Rename/Move. In the Name box, type the new name. *Move the document to a storage card or folder. Go to the Edit Menu, and select Rename/Move. Select the appropriate folder or location. *Delete the document. Go to the Tools Menu and select Delete Document. Note: To move or delete multiple documents, in the list view, select the documents. Then, press the Application Key. From the menu, choose Rename/Move or Delete. Attaching a Document to E-mail In the documents list view; select the document and press the Application Key. To select multiple documents, use the SHIFT+UP/DOWN ARROW. Then, press the Application Key. From the Context Menu, choose Send via E-mail. A new e-mail message is created with the document attached. Changing Default Options You can change the defaults for creating and storing Pocket Word documents by going to the Tools Menu and selecting Options in the list view. Select a template to be used for new documents. You can change this default when creating specific documents. Only documents saved in the Templates folder are listed. Select a location for storing documents. You can choose between main memory and a storage card, if you have one installed. Select the type of documents you want displayed in the document list view. Stop Watch The PAC Mate Stop Watch can measure both elapse and countdown time. Use the elapse timer to measure the amount of time it takes to complete an event. Use the countdown timer to mark the time remaining in an event. To use the Stop Watch, go to the Start Menu (Windows Key) and press P for Programs, then S for Stop Watch. The table below lists the commands that are specific to the Stop Watch program. Description Command Say Last Time L Say Current Time T Start-Stop S Reset R Enter Count Down Dialog C Using the Elapse Timer When the program opens, the elapse timer is ready for you to press the ENTER key. When you do, the PAC Mate announces "Starting StopWatch" and upon every passing minute announces the current elapsed time. *To stop or pause the elapse timer, press ENTER. *To resume timing, press ENTER again. *To reset the timer, press TAB to move to the Reset button and press ENTER. Using the Countdown Timer To use the countdown timer, move to the Countdown button and press ENTER. This opens a dialog where you type in the minutes in the edit box, then press TAB to move to the next edit box and type in the seconds. Remember to use Computer Braille. When you are done, press ENTER. This returns you to the main StopWatch dialog where PAC Mate starts the count down. PAC Mate announces remaining time at every one- minute interval. With fifteen seconds remaining, PAC Mate announces each second until zero is reached. *To stop or pause the elapse timer, press ENTER. *To resume timing, press ENTER again. *To reset the timer, press TAB to move to the Reset button and press ENTER. Reading the Timer To read elapsed or remaining time at any point, press SHIFT+TAB to move to the time edit box, then use any of reading commands or press the SPACEBAR. Windows Media Player Windows Media Player, allows you to play sound files on your PAC Mate. It automatically scans the PAC Mate main memory and storage cards for a wide range of supported audio file formats (.wma, .asf, .mp3, .wav, and .wmp) including streaming audio, which is used primarily by Internet radio. Windows Media Player is part of the Pocket PC 2003 package; you find it in the Start menu. Copying Sound Files to Your PAC Mate You can copy sound files to your PAC Mate by synchronizing them with ActiveSync or if you have Windows Media Player 7 or later on your PC you can use its Portable Device feature. For more information on this feature, please see the online Help for Windows Media Player on the PC. After synchronizing or copying files to the PAC Mate, open up Windows Media Player and press ALT and press ENTER on Playlist. This will bring up the Playlist Manager. This displays all of the media available on the PAC Mate and lets you arrange it however you want. Press the Application Key on a track to perform actions such as play selection, move earlier, move later and/or delete. Any subsequent synchronizing of audio files to PAC Mate may not display in the Playlist Manager. To access these audio files, please use File Explorer. Listening to Sound With Windows Media Player you can listen to music on the PAC Mate while reading e-mail or editing a file. To do this, simply open Windows Media Player (Windows Key, W) and press ALT and press ENTER on Playlist. Use the arrow keys to select the song you want to play, and then press Application Key and choose “Play Selection” from the Context Menu. Next, open the program you want to work in. If you want to listen to the whole playlist, just open Windows Media Player and press CTRL+P. To pause or stop the audio file, you must leave the program you are working in and return to Windows Media Player for the pause (CTRL+P) and the stop (CTRL+S) commands to work. If you have only Windows Media Player open, then you only need to press the second letter as they then work as layered commands. To disable Background Play, press ALT and press ENTER on Tools. Move to Settings and press ENTER. On the Settings submenu press ENTER on Audio & Video. When the Audio & Video dialog opens, press TAB to move to the “While using another program” combo box and use the arrow keys to select Pause playback. When you are done, press ENTER to close the dialog. Now when you move into another program to work, Windows Media Player will automatically pause the audio file. Pressing ALT+TAB switches to Windows Media Player and play resumes. To decrease or increase the volume, use CTRL+UP or DOWN ARROW The following table lists the commands available in Windows Media Player. Volume CTRL+UP or DOWN ARROW (Press Fn key to get out of the layer) Play/Pause CTRL+P Stop CTRL+S Mute CTRL+M Previous Track CTRL+B Next Track CTRL+F Seek Forward CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Seek Back CTRL+LEFT ARROW Media Guide CTRL+G To open a Website to listen to Internet radio, press ALT and press ENTER on Tools. On the Tools Menu move to Open URL and press ENTER again. In the Edit Combo box, type in the URL of the Website and then press ENTER. For more information on how to use the features of Windows Media Player, please see the online help for Windows Media Player. PrintPocketCE The PrintPocketCE that comes on the User’s Documentation CD allows you 30 days to evaluate the program after which you must decide whether you want to purchase this program. To purchase the program, please go to www.fieldsoftware.com. Installing PrintPocketCE Ensure that ActiveSync is installed on your desktop computer, and that the PAC Mate is connected to your computer with either a standard or guest partnership. 1. Insert the Documentation CD into your computer’s CD ROM drive. 2. Open the Start Menu and select Run. 3. In the Open edit field, type the following path D:\PrintPocketCE\PrintPocketCE_install.exe, where D: is your CD ROM drive. 4. Follow the install wizard. Using the Print Utility You find the application in the Programs submenu. To access its help files, you must open the application on your PAC Mate (Windows Key, P, P, P, P). Then go to the Start Menu (Windows Key) and choose Help. When you first open the program, an information dialog displays where you can just press ENTER to move to the list view or press TAB to move to the “Show this screen on startup” checkbox and deselect it with the SPACEBAR if you no longer want it to display. If you have experience with Pocket PC programs, then you will be familiar with PrintPocketCE’s user interface. PrintPocketCE has three list views: one for Word, Excel and Outlook files. The default list view is for Word files. To change list views, press ALT and enter on the “xxx Options” item, and then choose one of the first two items in the Options submenu. Within each list view you can show stored files by their folders and you can sort files by date, name, size and type. To do this, press ALT and press ENTER on either Show By or Sort By. Then use the arrow keys to make your selection. In addition, you have the Context Menu available where you can quickly delete, rename, copy, move, email or beam files. To use the Context Menu, select the file from the list view with the SPACEBAR and press Application Key and choose the action you want to perform. To select multiple files, use the SPACEBAR+DOWN ARROW. Sprite Pocket Backup Plus Sprite's Pocket Backup is a complete backup and restore utility for Pocket PC. In addition, there are two other utilities that are bundled in with the Pocket Backup Plus package: PocketMon and Space Detective. PocketMon is a system resource monitor that displays battery, CPU usage levels, and storage space. Space Detective lets you identify which files and folders occupy the most memory and lets you optimize the storage space on your PAC Mate. The Pocket Backup Plus that comes on the User's Documentation CD allows you 10 days to evaluate the program after which you must decide whether you want to purchase this program. To purchase the program, please go to www.spritesoftware.com. Currently, PocketMon and Space Detective have very limited support on PAC Mate. For this reason, Freedom Scientific does not endorse their reliability on PAC Mate. The online help that comes with Pocket Backup is very comprehensive and easily explains all features of this program. To open Pocket Backup Help, open the program, press the Windows Key and select Help from the Start Menu. Installing Pocket Backup Plus Ensure that ActiveSync is installed on your desktop computer, and that the PAC Mate is connected to your computer with either a standard or guest partnership. 1. Insert the Documentation CD into your computer’s CD ROM drive. 2. Open the Start Menu and select Run. 3. In the Open edit field, type the following path D:\Pocket Backup Plus\PocketBackupPlus.exe, where D: is your CD ROM drive. 4. Follow the install wizard. 5. During the installation process on your PC, you can choose which of the three programs you would like to download to PAC Mate. Accessing the Options Menu in Pocket Backup Currently, you can not access the Options Menu with the ALT key on the PAC Mate QX400. This does not mean, however, that the Options Menu is inaccessible. This operation requires that you use the Advanced Commands of PAC Mate. With Pocket Backup open, press INSERT+P to activate the JAWS cursor. Then press PAGE DOWN or the DOWN ARROW key until you hear, "Options." Next, press your LEFT ARROW until you hear the letters "s, n, o." This ensures that the JAWS cursor is on the Options Menu. Now you are ready to press INSERT+8, which is the equivalent of a left mouse click. Once the menu is open, PAC Mate automatically restores the Virtual PC cursor so you can use the UP and DOWN ARROWS to select an option and press ENTER to open it. If your PAC Mate stays in JAWS cursor mode, press INSERT+; to reactivate the Virtual PC cursor. Note: While this is the first instance that this manual offers instructional information on the Advanced Commands of PAC Mate, you are encouraged to explore any program interface and become comfortable with these commands as this is the final step towards computer independence and the first step towards scripting applications for the Pocket PC environment. About PocketMon The PocketMon utility installs itself on the Today Screen between your tasks and your battery power display. It integrates with Pocket Backup and Space Detective by continuous display of three PAC Mate functions: Battery Power, System Memory, and CompactFlash storage space. Note: This utility does not need to be installed in order to use Pocket Backup or Space Detective. About Space Detective When you open Space Detective from the Programs Submenu, you are presented with the Space Detective dialog. There are four buttons in is dialog, which you activate with the SPACEBAR, not the ENTER key. *The Program button, which opens the Memory dialog from the Settings menu. *The Storage button, which presents a list view of files with their file size, space use percentage, and type. *The PPC button, which presents a list view of files with their file size, space use percentage, and type. *The Card button, which presents a list view of files with their file size, space use percentage, and type. There is also a Tools menu, which is accessed in the same manner as the Options menu in the Pocket Backup Utility. AvantGo This free mobile Internet service offers you quick and easy access to over 2,500 content channels. Channels are groups of Web pages with related content created for mobile devices. In addition, your desktop or laptop PC AvantGo channels synchronize with your mobile AvantGo. To use AvantGo on your PAC Mate, go to Pocket IE and from the default splash page, press INSERT+F7 and choose AvantGo. Follow the steps listed and then go to www.avantgo.com where you must create an account. Note: If you experience difficulties activating AvantGo, disable your virus scanning software and try again. MSN Messenger MSN Messenger® is a communication program that uses a Transmission Control Protocol/Internet Protocol (TCP/IP) network. Unlike email where you send mail and wait for a reply, MSN Messenger allows active correspondence between you and another person. Similar to a chat room in that you can talk to several people at once, MSN Messenger is less "free wheeling" and more selective as you decide who to invite into a discussion. With PAC Mate support, MSN Messenger really comes alive as PAC Mate speaks the messages you send and receive. In addition, PAC Mate audibly indicates when others are typing a message and when someone is trying to contact you. In short, this is a fun program and one that you and your friends should not be without! Gearing Up to Use MSN Messenger Before you can use MSN Messenger for Pocket PC, there are a few things you have to do first. 1. On your laptop or desktop computer go to either www.passport.com or www.hotmail.com and set up an account. 2. On your PAC Mate establish an Internet connection. 3. Go to the Programs submenu and select MSN Messenger. 4. Press ALT, select Tools and press ENTER on Options. 5. Press CTRL+TAB to move to the Accounts page. 6. On this page, press the SPACEBAR to check the checkbox next to the enable Passport account. 7. When you enable this account you must enter your sign in name and corresponding password used in creating the account. 8. Then with the UP or DOWN ARROW and select the radio button which corresponds to the Passport account. If you would like this program to automatically start when you connect to the Internet, press CTRL+TAB and move to the General page. On this page, press TAB to move to the "Run this program upon connection" checkbox and press the SPACEBAR to check it. Signing In When you are ready to sign in, press the ALT key, select Tools and press ENTER on Sign In. When the MSN Messenger dialog opens, type your sign in name in the edit field. Use the format abc@msn.com. Then press TAB to move to the next edit field and type in your password. For convenience, place a check in the "Save Password" checkbox. When you are done, press ENTER. Messaging Once you're signed in, MSN Messenger opens to a tree view where you navigate with the UP and DOWN ARROWS to view online and offline contacts. To send an instant message to a contact, select the contact and press ENTER. As with other list views and tree views in Pocket PC, you can select a contact and press the Application Key to activate the context menu. In MSN Messenger, this menu allows you to send an instant message, send an email, block, delete, and view the properties of a contact. The online help that comes with MSN Messenger is fairly comprehensive and easily explains the features of this program. To open MSN Messenger Help, press the Windows Key and select Help from the Start Menu. AudiblePlayer Audible® (www.audible.com®) is a service that of audio content download and playback on personal computers, CD, or AudibleReady® computer-based mobile devices. You can now enjoy daily audio subscriptions of national newspapers, weekly business and science magazines, and more than 6,000 audiobooks available at Audible.com. The AudiblePlayer for Pocket PC lets you listen to pre-recorded audio books, time-shifted radio programs, audio magazines and newspapers as well as a whole variety of other spoken word audio programs on your PAC Mate Pocket PC. Installing AudiblePlayer Ensure that ActiveSync is installed on your desktop computer, and that the PAC Mate is connected to your computer with either a standard or guest partnership. On your PC, go to www.audible.com/software to download the AudiblePlayer software for Pocket PC. To view the list of commands available for AudiblePlayer, please go to Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands. Navigating between Audio Programs AudiblePlayer will automatically play the programs on your Pocket PC in alphabetical order. You may select other programs in one of two ways. If you would like to select from a list of all available audio programs on your Pocket PC, simply open the File menu and press ENTER on Select Audio Program. The audio program currently selected is highlighted. You can use the arrow keys to make your selection and then press ENTER to start the selection. The playback position of the last audio program is automatically saved for future use. Navigating within Audio Programs It is easy to navigate within an audio program. There are several commands for fast Forward and Rewind. You can also skip by sections using CTRL+SHIFT+F or CTRL+SHIFT+R for the previous section. For more precise navigation, you may use the any of the commands available for AudiblePlayer. Once you have set a bookmark and brought up the bookmark list, you then use the up an down arrow keys to select the bookmark you want and then follow with ENTER to begin playback from that point. Storage Cards For long audio programs, you can place audio on a storage card using AudibleManager. The AudiblePlayer will present a consolidated list of your Audio programs, whether it is stored on Main Memory or the Storage Card. The online help that comes with AudiblePlayer is very comprehensive and easily explains all features of this program. To open AudiblePlayer Help, open the program, press Windows Key and select Help from the Start Menu. Pocket Player Pocket Player is a fully featured audio player for Pocket PC. Pocket Player supports a number of formats including; Windows Media Audio (WMA), audio file format (WAV), MP3, Ogg Vorbis (a completely open, patent-free, professional audio encoding and streaming technology), HTTP Streaming (standard and Shoutcast/Icecast streaming), and Windows Network Share Streaming . To learn more about Ogg Vorbis go to www.vorbis.com. Installing Pocket Player The Pocket Player that comes on the User's Documentation CD allows you 30 days to evaluate the program after which you must decide whether you want to purchase this program. To purchase the program, please go to www.conduits.com. Ensure that ActiveSync is installed on your desktop computer, and that the PAC Mate is connected to your computer with either a standard or guest partnership. 1. Insert the Documentation CD into your computer’s CD ROM drive. 2. Open the Start Menu and select Run. 3. In the Open edit field, type the following path D:\3rd Party Programs\Pocket Player\PocketPlayer.exe, where D: is your CD ROM drive. 4. Follow the install wizard. To view the list of commands available for Pocket Player, please go to Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands. The online help that comes with Pocket Player is very comprehensive and easily explains all features of this program. To open Pocket Player Help, open the program, press Windows Key and select Help from the Start Menu. Contacting Freedom Scientific Corporate Headquarters Freedom Scientific BLV Group, LLC 11800 31st Court North St. Petersburg, FL 33716-1805 USA Telephone: (727) 803-8000 Fax: (727) 803-8001 World Wide Web: http://www.FreedomScientific.com Office hours: Monday through Friday 8:30 A.M. to 5:00 P.M. 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Appendix A: PAC Mate Commands Setting Commands Description Command Increase Voice Rate INSERT+S, RIGHT ARROW Decrease Voice Rate INSERT+S, LEFT ARROW Increase Volume INSERT+S, UP ARROW Decrease Volume INSERT+S, DOWN ARROW Punctuation Level INSERT+S, P Screen Echo INSERT+S, S Keyboard Echo INSERT+S, K Dictionary Settings Dialog INSERT+S, D Function Keys and General Navigation Description Command ESC/Cancel ESC Menu Bar ALT Start Menu WINDOWS Key List Recent Apps INSERT+F10 Backspace BACKSPACE Enter ENTER Tab TAB Shift Tab SHIFT+TAB Read Type and Text INSERT+TAB Context Menu APPLICATION KEY Refresh INSERT+ESC Read Access Keys INSERT+PLUS Use Access Keys ALT+Access Letter Prior Document Window CTRL+SHIFT+TAB Next Document Window CTRL+TAB Access Task Tray INSERT+F11 End a Connection CTRL+SHIFT+M, CTRL+END, ENTER Say All Commands Description Command Say All INSERT+A Rewind LEFT ARROW during Say All Fast Forward RIGHT ARROW during Say All Increase Speech Rate PAGE DOWN during Say All Decrease Speech Rate PAGE UP during Say All Stop Speech CTRL Reading and Moving through Text Description Command Prior Character INSERT+M Next Character INSERT+PERIOD Current Character INSERT+COMMA Current Character Phonetic INSERT+COMMA twice quickly Prior Word INSERT+J Next Word INSERT+L Current Word INSERT+K Spell Current Word INSERT+K twice quickly Prior Line INSERT+U Next Line INSERT+O Current Line INSERT+I Prior Sentence INSERT+Y Next Sentence INSERT+N Current Sentence INSERT+H Prior Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+U Next Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+O Current Paragraph CTRL+INSERT+I Page Up PAGE UP Page Down PAGE DOWN Move to Beginning of Line HOME Move to End of Line END Move to Top of File CTRL+HOME Move to Bottom of File CTRL+END Read from Beginning of Line INSERT+HOME Read to End of Line INSERT+END Read from Top of File to Cursor Read Selected Text INSERT+SHIFT+A Read Word in Context Selecting Commands Description Command Select Prior Character INSERT+SHIFT+M Select to Next Character INSERT+SHIFT+PERIOD Select Prior Word INSERT+SHIFT+J Select to Next Word INSERT+SHIFT+L Select Prior Line INSERT+SHIFT+U Select to Next Line INSERT+SHIFT+O Select Prior Sentence INSERT+SHIFT+Y Select to Next Sentence INSERT+SHIFT+N Select Prior Paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+UP ARROW Select to Next Paragraph CTRL+SHIFT+DOWN ARROW Select Page Up SHIFT+PAGE UP Select Page Down SHIFT+PAGE DOWN Read Selected Text INSERT+SHIFT+A Select to Beginning of Line SHIFT+HOME Select to End of Line SHIFT+END Select to Top of File CTRL+SHIFT+HOME Select to Bottom of File CTRL+SHIFT+END Information Commands Description Command Window Title INSERT+ENTER, T Read Entire Window INSERT+ENTER, W Font Information INSERT+ENTER, F Default Button in Dialog INSERT+ENTER, E PAC Mate Firmware Information INSERT+F1, A Read System Time INSERT+F12 Read System Date INSERT+F12 twice quickly General Editing Commands Description Command Undo CTRL+Z Cut CTRL+X Copy CTRL+C Paste CTRL+V Select All CTRL+A Find CTRL+F Find Next F3 Replace CTRL+H Delete DEL Formatting Text Description Command Bold ALT+F, B Italic ALT+F, I Underline ALT+F, U Strikethrough ALT+F, S Center ALT+F, C Left Justify ALT+F, L Right Justify ALT+F, R Set Font CTRL+SHIFT+F Uppercase Description Command Caps Lock On/Off CAPS LOCK Key twice Inserting Information Description Command Insert Date F5 New Paragraph ENTER pressed twice Advanced Commands The Advanced Commands provide users the ability to explore Pocket PC applications, but are not necessary for ordinary use of the PAC Mate. In the PAC Mate QX400, both the INSERT Key and the CAPS LOCK Key are used as the JAWS Key. The HOME ROW commands are part of a utility that provides users, who are familiar with JAWS scripting, the necessary information for scripting Pocket PC applications. Description Command Virtualize Window CTRL+JAWS Key+W Activate JAWS Cursor JAWS Key+P Activate PC Cursor JAWS Key+SEMICOLON Restrict Current Cursor JAWS Key+R Route JAWS to PC JAWS Key+LEFT BRACKET Route PC to JAWS JAWS Key+APOSTROPHE Say Active Cursor ALT+DELETE Left Click JAWS Key+8 Set Graphics Verbosity JAWS Key+S, G Open Graphics Labeler JAWS Key+G Say Color and Active Cursor JAWS Key+5 Say Current Script and Application JAWS Key+Q Toggle Home Row Mode JAWS Key+EQUAL SIGN (=) Route JAWS to Home Row Position HOMEROW+JAWS Key+LEFT BRACKET Initialize Home Row Position HOMEROW+F5 Read Current Home Row Window HOMEROW+F8 Read Output Information for Current Home Row Window HOMEROW+F1 View Output Information for Home Row Window in Message Box HOMEROW+INSERT+F1 Set Output Mode for Home Row Window HOMEROW+F3 Next Home Row Window HOMEROW+TAB Prior Home Row Window HOMEROW+SHIFT+TAB First Child Home Row Window HOMEROW+F2 Move to Parent Home Row Window HOMEROW+SHIFT+F2 Visibility Status of Current Window HOMEROW+F7 Toggle Speaking Window Visibility HOMEROW+F6 First Requested Attribute in Home Row HOMEROW+CTRL+GRAV Last Requested Attribute in Home Row HOMEROW+CTRL+SHIFT+GRAV Next Requested Attribute in Home Row HOMEROW+GRAV Prior Requested Attribute in Home Row HOMEROW+SHIFT+GRAV Set Attribute Mode in Home Row HOMEROW+F4 Help Commands Description Command Control Help INSERT+F1, C Keyboard Help INSERT+F1, K Context Help INSERT+F1, H Basics for PAC Mate Help INSERT+F1, T PAC Mate Keystrokes INSERT+F1, P Inbox Commands Description Command Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T Send Message (when creating a new message) ALT+S Expand/Collapse Message Headers ALT+H My Text Messages ALT+M Delete CTRL+D Rename ALT+R Contacts F11 Next Message ALT+N Prior Message ALT+P Read Message Body CTRL+SHIFT+M Date Selector Commands Description Command Back One Day LEFT ARROW Forward One Day RIGHT ARROW Back one Week CTRL+LEFT ARROW Forward One Week CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Back One Month UP ARROW Forward One Month DOWN ARROW Back One Year CTRL+UP ARROW Forward One Year CTRL+DOWN ARROW Notes Description Command Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T Record ALT+V, R Stop Recording S Stop Playing Recording ALT+V, S Playing Recording ALT+V, P Delete DEL Internet Explorer Commands Description Command Read Address Bar A Go To Address Bar G Back ALT+LEFT ARROW Refresh Page F5 Home Page ALT+HOME Adjust HTML Settings INSERT+V Favorites ALT+A Hide Pictures ALT+S, P Next Link TAB Prior Link SHIFT+TAB List Links INSERT+F7 Move to Next Non-Link Text N List Headings INSERT+F6 Next Heading H Prior Heading SHIFT+H First Heading CTRL+HOME, H Last Heading CTRL+END, SHIFT+H Read Current Cell ALT+CTRL+C Next Cell ALT+CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Prior Cell ALT+CTRL+LEFT ARROW Cell Above ALT+CTRL+UP ARROW Cell Below ALT+CTRL+DOWN ARROW First Cell ALT+CTRL+HOME Last Cell ALT+CTRL+END Enter Forms Mode ENTER Exit Forms Mode INSERT+X Next Field F Prior Field SHIFT+F First Field CTRL+INSERT+HOME Last Field CTRL+INSERT+END FSEdit Commands Description Command Open File CTRL+O Save File CTRL+S Print File CTRL+P Set Mark ALT+E, M Select to Mark ALT+E, S Swap Cursor and Mark Positions ALT+E, W Select Word ALT+Q, W Select Sentence ALT+Q, S Select Line ALT+Q, L Select Paragraph ALT+Q, P Select Entire Document ALT+Q, D Find ALT+E, F Replace ALT+E, R Insert Date-Time ALT+I, D Insert File Text ALT+I, F Spell Check F7 Read Word in Context INSERT+C Read Mistake and Suggestion INSERT+F7 Stop Watch Commands Description Command Say Last Time L Say Current Time T Start-Stop S Reset R Enter Count Down Dialog C Windows Media Player Commands Description Command Volume ALT+V, UP or DOWN ARROW (Press Fn key to get out of the layer) Play/Pause CTRL+P Stop CTRL+S Pocket Excel Commands Description Command Edit Active Cell F2 Format Cell CTRL+1 Autosum a Range of Cells ALT+= Insert Date CTRL+; Insert Time CTRL+SHIFT+; Find Text CTRL+F Replace Text CTRL+H Go To CTRL+G Formula Mode = Move to Next Cell in Row TAB Move to Previous Cell in Row SHIFT+TAB Up One Screen PAGE UP Down One Screen PAGE DOWN Move to Next Worksheet CTRL+PAGE DOWN Move to Previous Worksheet CTRL+PAGE UP Go to First Cell in Data Region CTRL+HOME Go to Last Cell in Data Region CTRL+END Select Entire Worksheet CTRL+A Select Entire Row SHIFT+SPACEBAR Select Entire Column CTRL+SPACEBAR Manual Select SHIFT+LEFT, RIGHT, UP, DOWN ARROW PrintPocketCE Commands Description Command Select Documents List View ALT+D Select Workbook List View ALT+M Select Email List View ALT+X Show By CTRL+Y Sort By CTRL+T AudiblePlayer Commands Description Command Play CTRL+P Rewind 10 seconds CTRL+R Rewind 1 minute CTRL+LEFT ARROW Rewind 10 minutes CTRL+UP ARROW Rewind 1 hour CTRL+PAGE UP Fast forward 10 seconds CTRL+F Fast forward 1 minute CTRL+RIGHT ARROW Fast forward 5 minutes CTRL+DOWN ARROW Fast forward 1 hour CTRL+PAGE DOWN Skip to next section CTRL+SHIFT+F Skip to previous section CTRL+SHIFT+R Create Bookmark CTRL+B Go to Bookmark CTRL+G Pocket Player Commands Description Command Open CTRL+O Play or Pause C or X Stop V Skip to Next Track B Skip to Previous Track Z Rewind 10 Seconds LEFT ARROW Rewind 1 Minute JAWS Key+LEFT ARROW Rewind 5 Minutes PAGE UP Forward 10 Seconds RIGHT ARROW Forward 1 Minute JAWS Key+RIGHT ARROW Forward 5 Minutes PAGE DOWN Shuffle Playlist S Toggle Repeat R Playlist Menu ALT+P Open Seek Menu ALT+S Appendix B: Special Considerations Lithium Polymer Battery Incorrect battery usage may lead to the leakage of battery fluid, a bursting of the battery, or ignition of the battery. To prevent such accidents, observe the following precautions: *Do not carry or store battery together with necklaces, hairpins or other metal objects. *Do not disassemble or modify the battery. The battery contains safety and protection devices, which if damaged, may cause the battery to generate heat, explode or ignite. *In the event the battery leaks and the fluid gets into your eye, do not rub the eye. Rinse well with water and immediately seek medical care. If left untreated, the battery fluid could cause damage to the eye. *The temperature range over which the battery can be used is -4?F (-20?C) to 140?F (60?C). Use of the battery outside this temperature range may damage performance of the battery or may reduce its life expectancy. *The temperature range over which the battery can be charged is 32?F (0?C) to 113?F (45?C). Charging the battery at temperatures outside this range may cause severe damage to the battery or reduce battery life expectancy. *Do not place the battery in or near fire, or in direct sunlight. Heating the battery can damage the safety circuitry, which can cause additional heating, rupture or ignition of the battery. *When charging the battery, either use a specified battery charger or otherwise ensure the battery charging conditions specified by Freedom Scientific are met. These are: (Model #SB-123A0F-11)(Input 100 – 250V ~ 47 – 63Hz 0.8A)(Output 12V – 3.0A) – Revise for new Adaptor? *Immediately discontinue use of the battery if, while using, charging or storing the battery, the battery emits an unusual smell, feels hot, changes color or shape, or appears abnormal in any other way. *Contact Freedom Scientific if any of these problems are observed. Note: Freedom Scientific assumes no liability for problems that occur when the safety precautions and warnings listed above are not followed. Protecting Your Hearing Avoid using headphones/earphones in noisy environments where you are likely to increase the volume. Using headphones/earphones at high volumes can transmit loud, high frequencies that cause hearing damage. To prevent listening fatigue, rest the ears in silence after long sessions with headphones. If you experience a ringing in your ears, reduce the volume or discontinue use. Appendix C: Unsupported Items *Games – Solitaire, Jawbreaker *Programs - Pictures *Settings – Input dialog – Input Method page, Word Completion page, Options page – Default zoom level for writing, Default zoom level for typing, Scroll upon reaching the last line *Settings – Today dialog – Appearance page *Settings – Sounds & Notifications dialog – Volume page – Enable Sounds for Screen taps, Notifications page – Display message on screen and Flash light notifications *Settings – Menus dialog – New Menu page – Turn on New button menu *Settings – Buttons dialog – Up/Down Control page *Pocket Word – Tools Menu – Writing, Drawing, Zoom *Pocket Excel - Zoom, Full Screen *Pocket Internet Explorer - Fit to Screen, Text Size *Windows Media Player – Tools Menu – Settings – Audio & Video – Video Full Screen, Oversized, and Video File of Large dimension and High Bit Rates *Windows Media Player – Tools Menu – Settings – Skin Chooser *Windows Media Player – Select Menu – Add *Windows Media Player – Select Menu – Show By Menu Appendix D: PAC Mate with a Braille Display Using PAC Mate with a Braille display offers tactile access to your PAC Mate. This multi-sensory approach adds an essential dimension to your computer experience as you are able to navigate and read Braille with your display. Currently PAC Mate supports the PAC Mate Portable Braille Display and the Freedom Scientific Focus Series Display. To mute the synthesizer on the PAC Mate QX, press INSERT+S, M. PAC Mate Portable Braille Display The PAC Mate Portable Braille Display is detachable and USB- driven, allowing you to: *Use the Braille display at your workstation with your desktop PC. *Use the Braille display on the go with your laptop. *Remove the Braille display and carry the PAC Mate or laptop only unit when you want to travel light. To attach and detach the Braille Display: 1. Reach for the latch on the underside of the unit with your right finger and pull toward the right side of the unit. This releases a catch allowing the bottom cover piece to be removed. 2. Grasp the middle of the top cover of the PAC Mate Braille Display in the indent just above the Braille cells. This will release its top cover and you can pull it off the display. 3. Align the newly exposed portion of the Braille display with the opening in the QX400 and push them together until you hear the latch click into place. You now have an integrated Braille display unit. At this point, you may want to configure the Braille Settings in PAC Mate. Display settings are quickly accessed with hotkeys and navigation is provided via Whiz Wheels, cursor routing buttons and left and right advance. Hotkeys The PAC Mate Braille display uses ten hotkeys to access various Braille display options. The ten hotkeys are in the top row of buttons and consist of 5 buttons on either side of the center mark. To help you locate and distinguish each hotkey there are markers on the display's surface furthest away from you. The buttons to the left of center are numbered from left to right as 1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and the buttons to the right of center are numbered as 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10. The remaining buttons to the left and right of the hotkeys are the advance buttons. The PAC Mate Braille Display uses one and two layer command sequences to set Braille display options. You must toggle into the second layer with hotkey 10 before and each time you execute a second layer command. While you are working with the display, you can turn on keyboard help (INSERT+F1, K) and review the function of each hotkey. The hotkeys are described in the table below. Hotkey First Layer Command Second Layer Command 1 Route Braille to PC Cursor 2 Toggle tethered Braille to active 3 Toggle Braille follows active Toggle compressed spacing (8 - Unlimited Pixels per Space) 4 Show top / start of active window or beginning of structured line Toggle Cursor (JAWS to PC) 5 SHIFT TAB SHIFT TAB 6 TAB TAB 7 Show bottom / end of active window or beginning of structured line Toggle 6 / 8 Cell Braille 8 Grade 2 (Contracted Braille) Toggle Line, Structured, and Speech Box Modes 9 Translate word (Expand Grade 2 symbol to edit word) 10 Toggles between Layers 1 & 2 Whiz Wheels The Braille display whiz wheels are used to quickly move through files, dialogs and menus. In addition, each wheel can be set independently for added functionality. Files In text files, the Whiz Wheels are used to move by line, sentence, or paragraph. Pressing down on either Whiz Wheel toggles it between line, sentence, and paragraph or panning mode. Rolling the Whiz Wheel towards you moves you downward, while rolling the Whiz Wheel away from you moves you upward. With panning mode, rolling the Whiz Wheel one "click" towards you pans right one-display length, while rolling the Whiz Wheel one "click" away from you pans left one-display length. Menus In menus, roll a Whiz Wheel toward you to move down through the menu or roll it away from you to move up through the menu. Press down on the Whiz Wheels to select a menu item. Dialogs In dialogs, rolling the wheel towards you moves you forward through the controls, while rolling the wheel away from you moves you backwards through the controls. Depending on the control, the Whiz Wheels function differently when pressed. For list views, combo boxes, radio buttons, tree views and check box control groups: pressing the Whiz Wheel down puts it in List Mode. In this mode, rolling the Whiz Wheel lets you scroll through the items. To exit List Mode, press down on the Whiz Wheels again. For individual check boxes or buttons, pressing the Whiz Wheel down toggles the check box state or activates the button. Cursor Routing Buttons The display has cursor routing buttons, which is the row of buttons immediately above each Braille cell. Press a cursor routing button to move the cursor to that point or select a link in a web page or email message. To help you locate and route your cursor there are markers at every fifth cell along the display surface nearest you. Right and Left Advance The left and right advance allows you to move through your files one display length at a time. To advance left, press any of the buttons to the left of the hotkey area. To advance right, press any of the buttons to the right of the hotkey area. Focus Series Display The PAC Mate interfaces with the Focus display through the Focus Braille Display Options dialog. This dialog, in addition to the Braille Settings dialog, lets you configure PAC Mate. Focus Braille displays have eight Braille keys, a SPACEBAR, LEFT and RIGHT SHIFT keys, two advance bars, two programmable function buttons, and cursor routing keys. In addition, it features Whiz Wheels that allow for quick navigation in files, menus, and lists. The Focus Braille display also has commands that are separated into convenience commands, Braille commands, Windows commands and JAWS commands. Convenience Commands These commands are the most common functions and are performed right from the Braille display. The tables below lists the convenience commands available with Focus connected to PAC Mate. PAC Mate and Windows Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Positions Start Menu ST Sign DOTS 3-4 Keyboard Help TH Sign DOTS 1-4-5-6 ENTER DOT 8 DOT 8 BACKSPACE DOT 7 DOT 7 ESC Z DOTS 1-3-5-6 Navigation Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Positions TAB DOTS 4-5 DOTS 4-5 SHIFT+TAB B DOTS 1-2 PAGE UP K DOTS 1-3 PAGE DOWN DOTS 4-6 DOTS 4-6 HOME Comma DOT 2 END DOT 5 DOT 5 Top Of File L DOTS 1-2-3 Bottom of File DOTS 4-5-6 DOTS 4-5-6 Next Document Window (CTRL+TAB) W DOTS 2-4-5-6 Braille Next Line DOT 4 DOT 4 Braille Prior Line A DOT 1 Move Left on Current Line DOT 3 DOT 3 Move Right on Current Line Capital Sign DOT 6 Cursor Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Positions PC Cursor P DOTS 1-2-3-4 JAWS Cursor J DOTS 2-4-5 Route Braille to Active Cursor R DOTS 1-2-3-5 Braille Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Positions Tether Braille to Active T DOTS 2-3-4-5 Braille Follows Active F DOTS 1-2-4 Toggle Line, Structured, Speech Box Mode M DOTS 1-3-4 Braille Commands These commands change the settings used to format, translate, or present information on your display. Press SPACEBAR first, hold it down, and then press the other key or keys that are part of the command. The table below lists the Braille commands available with Focus and the PAC Mate. Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Positions Braille Top of Window L CHORD DOTS 1-2-3 CHORD Braille Bottom of Window DOTS 4-5-6 CHORD DOTS 4-5-6 CHORD Adjust Braille Options B CHORD DOTS 1-2 CHORD Grade 2 Expand Current Word T CHORD DOTS 2-3-4-5 CHORD Grade 2 Translation G CHORD DOTS 1-2-4-5 CHORD Toggle Marking M CHORD DOTS 1-3-4 CHORD Toggle 8 Pixels per Space P CHORD DOTS 1-2-3-4 CHORD Toggle 8/6 Dot Braille 8 CHORD DOTS 2-3-6 CHORD Color Marking Assign C CHORD DOTS 1-4 CHORD Change Cursor Shape SH Sign CHORD DOTS 1-4-6 CHORD Restrict Braille Cursor R CHORD DOTS 1-2-3-5 CHORD Windows Commands All Windows commands use the LEFT SHIFT key as part of the command. The tables below lists all the Windows commands available with Focus and the PAC Mate Navigation and Editing Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Patterns ALT+TAB LEFT SHIFT+ DOTS 4-5 LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 4-5 Paste from Clipboard LEFT SHIFT+V LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2-3-6 Copy to Clipboard LEFT SHIFT+C LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-4 Cut to Clipboard LEFT SHIFT+X LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-3-4-6 Undo LEFT SHIFT+Z LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-3-5-6 Delete LEFT SHIFT+D LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-4-5 Selection Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Patterns Select Next Character LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 6 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 6 Select Prior Character LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 3 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 3 Select Next Line LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 4 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 4 Select Prior Line LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 1 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 1 Select to End of Line LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 5 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 5 Select from Start of Line LEFT SHIFT+ DOT 2 LEFT SHIFT+DOT 2 Select from Top LEFT SHIFT+L LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2-3 Select to Bottom LEFT SHIFT+ DOTS 4-5-6 LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 4-5-6 Select Next Screen LEFT SHIFT+ DOTS 4-6 LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 4-6 Select Prior Screen LEFT SHIFT+K LEFT SHIFT+DOTS 1-3 Select All LEFT SHIFT+FOR Sign LEFT SHIFT+ DOTS 1-2-3-4-5-6 Selecting with the Cursor Routing keys To select with the cursor routing keys, press and hold down LEFT SHIFT, then press the cursor routing key above the text where you wish to begin the selection. Release both keys. Move to where you wish to end the selection, and press LEFT SHIFT plus the cursor routing key at that location. Use any navigation commands to move from the begin point to the end point of the text you are selecting, even the Whiz Wheels, but if the window containing the text scrolls, this affects what information is selected. JAWS Commands All JAWS commands use the RIGHT SHIFT key as part of the command. General Commands Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Patterns Screen Sensitive Help RIGHT SHIFT+1 RIGHT SHIFT+DOT 2 List System Tray Icons RIGHT SHIFT+K RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-3 Refresh Screen RIGHT SHIFT+Z RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-3-5-6 Say Font RIGHT SHIFT+F RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2-4 Window Keys Help RIGHT SHIFT+W RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 2-4-5-6 Read Current Window RIGHT SHIFT+B RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2 Default Button in Dialog RIGHT SHIFT+E RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-5 Shut Down JAWS RIGHT SHIFT+4 RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 2-5-6 Cursors Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Patterns Route JAWS to PC RIGHT SHIFT +DOTS 3-6 RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 3-6 Route PC to JAWS RIGHT SHIFT+ING Sign RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 3-4-6 Utilities Description Braille Sign Braille Dot Patterns Run JAWS Manager RIGHT SHIFT+2 RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 2-3 Set Frame Top Left RIGHT SHIFT+OW Sign RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 2-4-6 Set Frame Bottom Right RIGHT SHIFT+ER Sign RIGHT SHIFT+ DOTS 1-2-4-5-6 Graphics Labeler RIGHT SHIFT+G RIGHT SHIFT+ DOTS 1-2-4-5 JAWS Find RIGHT SHIFT+F CHORD RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 1-2-4 CHORD JAWS Find Next RIGHT SHIFT+ DOTS 2-5 RIGHT SHIFT+DOTS 2-5 Whiz Wheels The Focus Whiz wheels are used to quickly move through files, dialogs, lists, and menus. In a file, move by line, sentence, or paragraph. In a dialog, move between the available controls, and even interact with them. In a menu, move up and down through the menu items. Advance Bars The Focus advance bars are used to move forward or back through a file or while in line mode. Press the Left Advance bar to move left on a line or back through a document. Press the Right Advance bar to move right on a line or forward through a document. Cursor Routing Keys The Focus displays provide cursor routing keys above each Braille cell. Press a cursor routing key to move the cursor to that point, or to select a link in a web page or email message. In line mode, press a cursor routing key to open a menu or select menu items. Press the RIGHT General Display Button with a cursor routing key to simulate a right mouse click at that location. 440141-001 Rev. 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