Traps to avoid

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility

Traps to avoid

GDDM-PGF V2R1.3 Interactive Chart Utility
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There are three traps: the typematic or repeat action keys, the jumping cursor, and the uppercase shift.

When you get used to typematic keys and the jumping cursor they will help you, but at the beginning it is easy to get confused by them.

Typematic means that if you hold a key down it keeps on typingggggggggggggggggggggg.

The jumping cursor means that once one item on a panel has been filled in, the cursor jumps to the next item. This saves you pressing a key, so it makes filling in the panel quicker. For the new user it can suggest that the computer wants you to fill in the next item. You do not have to if you do not want to!

If you keep on pressing a typematic key and the cursor keeps on jumping to the next item, you can fill in several items with the wrong numbers, so take care.

Another trap is the shift key and the shift lock. If you try to type numbers or press PF keys with the shift lock set, it can have unexpected results.

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