Exactly.  That's what I had in mind.  I've been placed at the top of
documents without warning more than once and I've been quite annoyed.  What
do you all at PDI think about a toggle command?

Karen
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:55 PM
Subject: Re: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed


> I vaguely remember it, but don't remember all the details.  Whatever the
> decision would be (if any), it seems it would have to be something that an
> individual user could toggle on and off, so that whoever didn't have a
> problem with the chord commands could leave it as is, but whoever did
could
> change the option to change the append mode or thumbkeys or
> whatever.  Isn't it fun to brainstorm?  <grin>
>
> Peggy
>
> At 08:52 PM 5/27/2004 -0400, you wrote:
> >I use the previous and next key all the time so that wouldn't be good for
> >me.  I do wish that there was a way that an append mode could be
> >implemented.  A long time ago there was a discussion about this and
several
> >people expressed interest in such a feature.  Peggy, do you remember that
> >discussion?
> >
> >Karen
> >----- Original Message -----
> >From: "Peggy Kern" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> >To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]>
> >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 8:47 PM
> >Subject: RE: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed
> >
> >
> > > I've had this kind of thing happen with several types of notetakers,
and
> > > not just the BN.  I was wondering if there would be a place to put a
> > > special chord key, that would make it easily reachable, but not a key
> > > that's used for other things like the spacebar is.  I can't think of
where
> > > that hypothetical key could be placed though.  I picture it on the
front
> >by
> > > the thumbkeys, but there's really no room.  Still, if there was a
place
> > > that a special chord key could be easily accessed and the user could
hit
> > > that key and the appropriate other keys, instead of the spacebar and
other
> > > keys, it might help people avoid the problem many have reported of
being
> > > bounced out of documents or moved to another position in documents.
> >Hmmmm,
> > > I wonder if an option could be added to the thumbkey option to make
them
> >be
> > > chord keys instead of doing what they normally do.  I know for myself
I
> > > almost never use the previous and next thumbkeys.  If I were one who
had a
> > > problem with accidental chords, I might like to have the option of
using
> > > one of these as a chord key.  Just brainstorming as I type, wondering
if
> > > there's a solution to this situation.
> > >
> > > Peggy
> > >
> > > At 03:34 PM 5/27/2004 -0500, you wrote:
> > > >No, this is not possible.  And, it can be frustrating.
> > > >
> > > >-----Original Message-----
> > > >From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> > > >[mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Brian
> > > >Albriton
> > > >Sent: Thursday, May 27, 2004 2:54 PM
> > > >To: Braillenote List (E-mail)
> > > >Subject: [Braillenote] taking notes at high speed
> > > >
> > > >
> > > >Pardon me folks.
> > > >I'm reposting this on the off chance I've missed the answers.
> > > >One problem my wife has found in keying information very quickly on
the
> > > >Braille note.
> > > >That problem is if one hits a chord by accident, one winds up out of
the
> > > >document and has to find one's way back.
> > > >Is there a way to temporarily disable the chording function?
> > > >
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