Using the function key, Using special features, Using the – Palm Tungsten W User Manual

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Chapter 3

Navigating and Entering Data

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Using the Function key

The Function key

enables you to access the secondary character or feature set

from each of the keys. The secondary character and feature set is labeled in blue in
the upper right on each available key.

When you press Function

, a dot appears in the lower-right corner, indicating

that the next key pressed will use the secondary character or feature set. If you
press the Function

twice, the dot changes to a “1” and the function feature

remains locked. Pressing Function

again unlocks it.

Using special features

In addition to characters, the Function key accesses special features on some of the
keys. The following keys have special features:

Brightness key:

Opens the Brightness dialog box. See

“Using the

backlight”

in

Chapter 2

for more information.

Find key:

Opens the Find dialog box. See

“Using Find”

in

Chapter 4

for

more information.

Menu key:

Opens the menu for the current screen. For more information,

see

“Using menus”

in

Chapter 4

and see the next section,

“Using menu

commands”

.

Function key

Function active icon

Function lock icon

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