By default, if you're in a Braille document, when you route your cursor to a letter, you will see dots 7 and 8 below it. For example, for the letter t, which is dots 2-3-4-5, you would see dots 2-3-4-5-7-8, so you would know the cursor is there. As you write on the unit, you can see this cursor pattern of dots 7-8 positioned after the last letter you typed. In text documents, the default cursor pattern is dot 8 only, so, for example, with the letter t, you would see dots 2-3-4-5-8 when you routed your cursor to that letter. You can change the cursor shape for both standard Braille (Grades I/II) and Computer Braille (they are two separate settings but in the same list) if you wish in the Options Menu>Braille Display Options (press [SPACE with O], [FUNCTION with O], then B, then scroll, and the help system will provide you with your options).
The only reason I would think that using a touch cursor button would not result in the appearance of the cursor would be if you were in Reading Mode. However, a document should always open by default in Automatic Mode, which is what you'll find convenient in most situations. Read all subtopics of "Braille Display Modes Topics" in the index of the manual for info about the various modes. Anyway, if you happen to be in Reading Mode, where the cursor would not show even if you routed it, pressing the combination of the PREVIOUS with NEXT thumb keys toggles the four available modes--Automatic, Editing, Layout, and Reading--modes, with the first press displaying the current mode (meaning only the second press changes you to the next mode). If you somehow ended up getting into Reading mode, put yourself into, for instance, Automatic mode, and it should work then. HTH, Maria >----- Original Message ----- >From: Evelyn Weckerly <[EMAIL PROTECTED] >To: Braillenote List <[email protected] >Sent: Thu, 16 Dec 2004 20:33:37 -0500 >Subject: Re: [Braillenote] find commands >Hi, Maria, >Well, s\I have found that I don't see the cursor when I do that. >Maybe I'm just a bit confused. >Evelyn
