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- **** KEYBOARD AIDS **** - Menu 5 - HELP Facility Page 1
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- The purpose of the Keyboard Aids Menu is to let you select various screen
- displayed keyboard options and turn them ON or OFF.
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- The CAPITAL letter part of the "(OFF/on)" designation after each item ind-
- icates the initial setting of the option when you first start FAS-TYPE.
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- Each time you press a function key you will reverse the previous setting
- of the option. If it's ON you'll turn it OFF, if it was OFF you'll turn it ON.
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- Each option keeps its setting through out all the drill and exercises
- you may select. They are not reset unless you change them, or reload
- FAS-TYPE. You can set as many options as you want to, but:
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- *** YOU CANNOT SET OPTIONS FROM THIS HELP FACILITY, YOU HAVE TO
- RETURN TO THE MENU LIST.
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- < F2 > QUIET Mode
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- When QUIET mode is turned ON, all speaker sounds will be suppressed;
- it is turned OFF, all speaker sounds will be available.
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- < F3 > Hidden Keys
- When this feature is turned ON, all of the letters and characters on the
- screen keyboard will be erased. You will still see the prompted letter
- for you to type.
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- < F4 > Outline HOME Keys
- When this feature is turned on, boxes will be drawn around the ASDF and
- JKL; "home" keys to aid you in correct placement of your fingers. This feature
- might be desirable with the hidden key option.
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- < F5 > Signal Keystroke Error
- This option enables a sound to emitted from the speaker when you make a
- typing mistake. You can turn this feature ON or OFF.
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- < F6 > Align Finger Positions
- This option draws vertical lines on the screen displayed keyboard to
- separate the keys that each finger will control during typing.
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- < F7 > Reset Keyboard Aids
- This feature RESETS all keyboard aids that were previously set ON or OFF
- using the Keyboard Aids Menu. One exception-QUIET Mode will NOT be turned
- OFF if you earlier set it ON. Press F2 to reset the QUIET Mode.
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- < F8 > Set number of characters per drill
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- This option sets the number of characters that you want to be drilled
- for on any exercise chosen from the Beginner Drills Menu.
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- You have to type in two numbers in the range from 10 to 99 when the
- message is displayed after pressing F8. The numbers you select will show on
- the message line in place of the "__" characters. You don't have to press
- enter, the line will show a message indicating the numbers you have entered.
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- If you've entered a number and you change your mind just press F8 again
- to change the number to something else, or press another function key before
- entering a number. The number is preset at 20. The number in the [ ] brack-
- ets at the end of the message line shows the current number setting.
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- < F9 > Return to Main Menu
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- Pressing this function key will cause the MAIN Menu to be displayed.
- Any keyboard aids selected from this menu will remain in effect.
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- < F10 > START Drill
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- This function key causes the screen keyboard to be displayed, keyboard
- aids to be drawn or set and the drill or exercise to begin.
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- Have Fun!
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