Sony Peg N760c Clie Handheld Instructions Manual

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Using Graffiti® writing to enter data
This section explains the procedures for creating letters, numbers,
punctuation, and symbols, as well as teaching you some Graffiti® tips and
tricks.
What is Graffiti writing?
Most people find they can enter text quickly and accurately with only
minutes of practice. Graffiti writing includes any character you can type on a
standard keyboard. The Graffiti strokes closely resemble the upper case
letters of the regular alphabet, which makes Graffiti writing easy to learn.
There are four basic concepts for success with Graffiti writing:
•If you draw the character shape exactly as shown in the tables later in this
chapter (like the shapes shown in the following diagram), you can achieve
100% accuracy.
•The heavy dot on each shape shows where to begin the stroke. Certain
characters have similar shapes, but different beginning and end points.
Always begin the stroke at the heavy dot (you should not create the heavy
dot; it is only there to show you where to begin the stroke).
•Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from
the Graffiti writing area, your CLIÉ handheld recognizes and displays the
text character immediately.
To allow you to write an entire character with a single stroke, some
Graffiti strokes are portions of the regular alphabet equivalents.
•The Graffiti writing area is divided into two parts: one for writing the
letters of the alphabet and one for writing numbers. The small marks at
the top and bottom of the Graffiti writing area separate the two areas.
Graffiti writing examples:
A, B, C, D, and E
Division marks Write letters here
Write numbers here 
						

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Writing Graffiti letters
1Tap where you want your text to go.
Note
You need to tap above the Graffiti writing area, and you must see a flas\
hing cursor
before you write the text.
2Use the tables on the following pages to find the stroke
shape for the letter you want to create. For example, the
stroke shown below creates the letter n.
Note
There are two different stroke shapes available for some letters. For th\
ese letters,
choose the one thats easiest for you.
As you will see later, you use the same shape to create both the upper
case and lower case version of a letter.
3Position the stylus in the left-hand side of the Graffiti writing
area.
4Start your stroke at the heavy dot and draw the stroke shape
as it appears in the tables.
5Lift the stylus from the screen at the end of the stroke shape.
That is all there is to it. When you lift the stylus from the screen, yo\
ur
CLI É handheld recognizes your stroke immediately and prints the letter
at the insertion point on the screen.
As soon as you lift the stylus from the screen, you can begin the stroke\
 for
the next character you want to write.
Lift stylus here
Start stroke at heavy dot
Position the stylus
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Note
You must begin the character strokes in the Graffiti writing area. If yo\
u do not
make Graffiti strokes in the Graffiti writing area, your CLI É handheld does not
recognize them as text characters.
Tips
• Accuracy improves when you write large characters. You should draw strok\
es that
nearly fill the Graffiti writing area.
• To delete characters, simply set the insertion point to the right of the\
 character you
want to delete and make the backspace stroke (a line from right to left\
) in the Graffiti
writing area.
• Write at natural speed. Writing too slowly can generate recognition erro\
rs.
• Do not write on a slant. Vertical strokes should be parallel to the side\
s of the Graffiti
writing area.
• Press firmly.
To display the Graffiti onscreen help
Drag the stylus from the bottom of the writing area to the top of the sc\
reen. Graffiti
Help opens a series of screens that show the complete Graffiti character\
 set. 
						

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Writing Graffiti alphabet
Draw Graffiti letters according to the following alphabet in the left-ha\
nd
side of the Graffiti writing area.
AN
BO
CP
DQ
ER
FS
GT
HU
IV
JW
KX
LY
MZ
SpaceBackSpace
Carriage ReturnPeriod Tap twice 
						

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To write capital letters
Shift to caps and then you can make capital letters with the same stroke\
shapes as the basic alphabet characters.
• To draw the first letter of a word as a capital letter
Use the Caps Shift stroke 
 .
To return to the lower case, use the Backspace stroke 
 .
Note
When you create a new sentence or a new record (by tapping New or a bla\
nk line),
the first letter is automatically capitalized.
• To enter only capital letters (Caps Lock)
Use the Caps Lock stroke
  .
To return to the lower case, use the Caps Shift stroke  
.
Writing numbers
Write the following numbers on the right-hand side (numbers side) of t\
he
Graffiti writing area.
05
16
27
38
49
Caps Shift
Caps Lock 
						

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Writing punctuation marks
Make a single tap on the Graffiti writing area to activate Punctuation S\
hift.
The next stroke you make anywhere in the Graffiti area (the letters or
numbers side) creates a punctuation mark.
(.) Period(—) Dash
(,) Comma( ( ) Left Paren
(‘) Apostrophe( ) ) Right Paren
(?) Question(/) Slash
(!) Exclamation($) Dollar
(@) At(\) Back slash
(#) Number({) Left brace
(%) Percent(}) Right brace
(^) Circumflex([) Left square bracket
(&) Ampersand(]) Right square bracket
(*) Asterisk(- ) Swung dash
() Right angle bracket(;) Semicolon
(_) Under bar(:) Colon
(“) DittoTab
Punctuation Shift 
						

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Symbol Shift
Writing symbols and extended characters
Make a Symbol Shift stroke  on the Graffiti writing area to activate Symbol
Shift.  The next stroke you make creates a symbol or extended character.\
(•) Bulletx
(™) Trademark÷
(®) Registered=
(©) Copyrighted(¢) Cent
(‘) Left single quotation(¥) Yen
(’) Right single quotation(£) Pound
(“) Left double quotation() Euro
(”) Right double quotation ¿
(§) Section¡
(º) Degreeß
+µ
±ƒ
ø 
						

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Writing accented characters and non-English characters
To create accented characters, draw the stroke normally used to create t\
he
letter, followed by an accent stroke. Graffiti writing then adds the acc\
ent to
the letter.
To enter  “é,”  for example, draw 
 and then .
à è ì ò ùá é í ó ú ´y
â ê î ô ûã õ ñ
ä ï ö ü ÿå
To write non-English characters
You can write the following characters without any special punctuation o\
r
shifting:
çæ
Note
You must write these non-English characters on the left side of the Graf\
fiti writing area. 
						

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Using Navigation strokes
In addition to character symbols, Graffiti writing includes special stro\
kes
that you can use to navigate within text or fields in your applications.\
Move cursor right
Move cursor left
Go to the previous field (Address Book only)
Go to the next field (Address Book only)
Open Address Record (Address Book only)
Using Graffiti ShortCuts
Graffiti ShortCuts, similar to the glossary or autotext features of some\
 word
processors, allow you to enter commonly used words or phrases quickly an\
d
easily. In addition to the following predefined ShortCuts, you can creat\
e
your own ShortCuts for your name or the header of a memo (page 180).
Each ShortCut can represent up to 45 characters.
To use a ShortCut, draw the ShortCut stroke 
 followed by the ShortCut
characters.  When you draw the ShortCut stroke, the ShortCut symbol
appears at the insertion point to show that you are in ShortCut mode.
When you enter 
 and dts (, , and ), you can enter date and time
stamps.
Date stamp ds Breakfast br
Time stamp ts Lunch lu
Date/time stamps dts Dinner di
Meeting me 
						

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Using the onscreen keyboard
You can open the onscreen keyboard any time you need to enter text or
numbers into your CLI É handheld. Note that you cannot enter Graffiti
characters while using the onscreen keyboard.
To use the onscreen keyboard:
1Open any application (such as Memo Pad).
2Tap any record, or tap New.
3Tap a to open the alphabetic keyboard, or tap 1 to open
the numeric keyboard.
The selected keyboard is displayed.
Tap here for the numeric keyboard
Tap here for the alphabetic keyboard
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