Monica: The words "function keys" do not appear in the PK manual. I loaded the document in my word processor, and there is no mention of function keys. I now present an excerpt from the PK manual. 1.7 Keyboard. On the top surface of the BrailleNote PK as well as the braille display, you will find the keyboard. This comprises a set of eight braille keys, two space keys, two pairs of control keys and two sets of three navigation keys. This section covers each of these in turn and how they are used. There are eight square braille keys, arranged in two rows of four, curving symmetrically out from the center. The three inner keys on each side represent the 6 dots of a braille cell. The two extra keys on the extreme left and right are for your little fingers. The left-hand key is called BACKSPACE, or sometimes dot 7, and the right-hand key is called ENTER, or dot 8. There are two SPACE keys on the PK keyboard that make up the space bar. You can press them both or just one of them, either way they perform the function of a space bar. They are found right on the front edge of the keyboard, to left and right of center. The surface of each is slightly dipped, for easy location and to help prevent accidental operation. The pairs of round Control keys are located on either side of the space keys. At either end of the braille display you will find three small round buttons. These are called Navigation keys. In this User Guide, braille key presses are described in the following way. The instruction: Press F means that you should press the dots for the letter F, which are 1, 2, and 4, then release them. This instruction may also be presented as: Press dots 1-2-4. The order in which you press the keys does not matter. The character is typed when the keys are released. You will also encounter instructions such as: "press SPACE with F." This means that you press a space key as well as dots 1-2-4, and then release them. In KeySoft, a space key pressed by itself produces a space in the way you would expect but in addition, it can be used in combination with other keys to obtain many KeySoft commands. Similarly, the BACKSPACE, ENTER and Navigation keys can be used on their own or in combination with other keys.
1.8 CONTROL keys The two pairs of slightly recessed round buttons on either side of the SPACE bars are called the CONTROL keys. They are mainly used for power and reset functions. From left to right, they are called C1, C2, C3 and C4. C1 and C2 are to the left of the SPACE bars, C3 and C4 to the right. For information on how to use them for powering the unit on and off, refer to 1.9 Turning the BrailleNote PK on and Off. For information on how to use them to perform resets, refer to 1.10 Resets. 1.9 Turning the BrailleNote PK on and Off. There are two ways of turning the BrailleNote PK on and off. The one you will use most often is pressing the far right CONTROL key, C4, for three seconds (until it beeps once). This puts the BrailleNote PK into a standby mode, and is the best way to turn on and off for everyday usage. When you turn the unit on this way, you will be at the same place as you were when you turned off. If you are putting the BrailleNote PK into storage for a while, you should power it right down by holding down the far right and far left CONTROL keys, C1 and C4, at the same time for three seconds, until it beeps twice, and the word "off" appears on the braille display. This is not something you would do every day however as it also deletes any files you have created on the KeySoft System Disk. To turn it on again, repeat the holding down of the far right and far left CONTROL keys at the same time for three seconds. When the BrailleNote PK starts up, it will chime and announce the KeySoft version before putting you in the Main Menu. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monica Lofton Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 1:55 PM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service See, the problem is that the PK manual refers to the function key in certain instructions, yet, there's no function key in the keyboard commands. If they change the keyboards, they need to change the manuals to reflect this, probably an oversight. Monica Lofton professional Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN and personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:46 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service These keys are on the BrailleNote QT, not on the Braillenote BT, or the PK. One of the problems with all of us is we tend to forget that there are three distinct keyboards associated with Humanware's line of notetakers. The BT keyboard, the PK keyboard, and the QT keyboard. You don't, for example, reset a PK the same way you would either of the other products. Often, when individuals speak of commands, they are going to tend to discuss the command structure and keys with which they are dealing. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monica Lofton Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:27 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service So, which are they calling the function key? The space is a function key, the inter key is one, and so is the backspace. Monica Lofton professional Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN and personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Richard Ring" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:15 AM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service You don't have a "read" key on the PK. -----Original Message----- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Monica Lofton Sent: Tuesday, May 24, 2005 11:14 AM To: Braillenote List Subject: Re: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service And, which key are you calling the read key? I've seen references in the red and function key a couple of times in the manual, but I can't figure which keys those are. When reading the chapter on the navigation keys, the PK manual doesn't call any key read or function. Monica Lofton professional Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] MSN and personal Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jeff Molzow" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Braillenote List" <[email protected]> Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 7:30 PM Subject: RE: [Braillenote] BrailleNote Maintenance and Service Hello Shelley: On my QT, I go into the options menu with alt+O then press Read+I and you should then have a hidden menu called the support information mode which you can't scroll through, but there are various letters that will activate different functions and pull different information. To see the function of these letters, look in the manual under section 2.5.1 hth Jeff ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote ___ To leave the BrailleNote list, send a blank message to [EMAIL PROTECTED] To view the list archives or change your preferences, visit http://list.pulsedata.com/mailman/listinfo/braillenote
