QuickPad PRO User Manual - page 7
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A. Besides being a low cost, lightweight notebook, QuickPAD Pro offers many
advantages such as more comprehensive word processing features, spreadsheet and
data processing applications a scientific graphing calculator, personal organizer, a
larger screen, more internal memory and unlimited expandable data storage, and 2-
way communication.
4.3. O
PTIONAL
. T
YPING
T
UTOR
The typing tutor is easy to use and is suitable for many different levels of typing skills
from beginner to advanced. The typing tutor can also be used with many different
students, keeping track of each simply be entering their names.
You may begin using the typing tutor without entering a name. You will be shown your
score at the end of each lesson but the results won’t be saved. If you want to save your
results so you can see your progress then you must enter your name or nickname.
Entering your name:
Choose function 5 at the main menu. You’ll be prompted, are you a new student? If
you’ve already entered your name, you can then search for yours or find it in a list. If
you are new, go ahead and enter your name. Entering your name, or selecting it if
already in the list allows you to keep track of your scores.
The typing tutor has four levels you may choose from. The first level, “Finger
Placement” is for users new to keyboards, and may not know which fingers go on which
key. Once Finger placement has been mastered, the user may simply progress through
the various levels as he or she makes progress. Each level has many different lessons,
and if you achieve a certain performance level, which is shown on the screen, you will
automatically progress to the next lesson. If you achieve a “failed” level, the same lesson
simply repeats.
Under Setup, you may choose functions 5 through 9.
Function 5: Described above, you may enter your name or nickname. This allows the
typing tutor to track your progress and keep a record of your performance.
Function 6: At any time, you may enter a students’ name to view the test scores.
Function 7: If you have entered your name you may view the results of the last test you
took. This is useful for a teacher or instructor to see what a student may have just
completed.
Function 8: Keyboard Display: This may be set to “ON” or “OFF”. If set to “OFF” and
if the student is in the Advanced level, the keyboard display will be turned off.
Function 9: Print a report: This function does not actually print a report; it creates a text
file (the name of the file will be shown on the screen) that may be downloaded using the
file manager to the user’s PC.
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2. USING QUICKPAD PRO
2.1. F
ILE
M
ANAGER
Much like a standard personal computer, the file manager acts as your central source for
locating, moving, deleting, accessing, copying and transferring files among folders
and drives. You can access, open and edit any file on the QuickPAD Pro directly from the
file manager. In addition, storage utilities allow you to back up files and folders to
external flash cards and, likewise, to restore files and folders as needed.
2.1.1.
Getting
Started
The file manager can be accessed from the main QuickPAD Pro menu screen by either
highlighting the FILE MANAGER box or by pressing the
F
6 key. Once in the file
manager, you will notice that the screen is divided into two large boxes and an area
across the bottom displaying quick commands. The box at the left side of the screen
contains folders, while the box at the right contains files. When you first open the file
manager, the cursor will be highlighting the open directory symbol “\” in the upper left
corner. If you are in single-user mode, you will see the MYFILES folder directly below
the open directory symbol and if in multi-user mode, you will see the
F
# representing the
current user. In addition, there are three subfolders named EDITOR, PERSORG and
SPSHEET which correspond to the files created by the Word Processor, Personal
Organizer and Spreadsheet, respectively.
2.1.2. Using the File Manager
[ X ]
Exchange drive
[ B ]
Backup a folder
[ S ]
Restore a folder
[ P ]
Protect a folder
[ T ]
Tag file
[ U ]
Untag file
[ A ]
Tag all files
[ N ]
Untag all files
[ R ]
Rename a file
[ C ]
Copy and paste a file
[ D ]
Delete a file
Up and down
arrows
Highlight specific files and folders
Left and
right arrows
Switch between folder list and file list
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