Maple Systems MAPware-100 - Manual (Page 15)

Clear Current Message
The Clear Current Message button is the shortcut for the Edit/Clear Message menu item. The
Clear Current Message button is used to clear the entire contents of the current message. All
text, attributes and register monitors will be deleted from the message.
Blink
The Blink button is the shortcut for the Edit/Blink menu item. Each character on the message
may have its blink attribute enabled causing the character to blink at a rate of once per
second. In addition to characters on the message, some register monitors can also have the
blink attribute enabled.
Using the mouse, place the cursor on the character to enable blinking on, or highlight the area
of text to blink. Click on the Blink button and notice that the blink attribute is enabled on the
selected characters (they will all blink). To enable the blink attribute on a register monitor
field, select all of the characters within the register monitor field and click on the Blink
button. Disabling the blink attribute is done the same way. Use the mouse to highlight the
characters that have the blink attribute enabled and click on the Blink button again.
Insert Special Character
The Insert Special Character button is the shortcut for the Insert/Special Character menu
item. The OIT display is capable of displaying many more characters than may be entered via
the PC keyboard. The Insert Special Character button is used to access the other characters
that cannot be typed in. These characters include special symbols and foreign characters.
Note: The Special Character sets vary depending on the OIT model. Please refer to the figures
at the end of this section for the special characters available on your OIT.
To insert a special character, click on the Insert Special Character button with the mouse. The
following dialog box will appear:
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