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10-26-2003, 09:52 AM	#1
wildturkey Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 13	feel kinda dumb.....but maybe I'm not the only one I have been trying since I got my clie to figure out how to use the shortcuts when entering text. I have tried every slash command I can think of and I'm just about ready to give up. Can some one tell me please how to use these shortcuts?

10-26-2003, 10:01 AM	#2
ZekeSulastin Ph34rs0m3 ... Join Date: Aug 2003 Location: Junker HQ Posts: 371	Input the Shortcut character - it is a cursive L, and shows up on the screen as such. Then, enter the letters corresponding to the shortcut, and the whole thing will be automatically replaced by the text of the shortcut. __________________ OpenOffice - a free, open-source, MS-Office compatible office suite ...

10-26-2003, 12:08 PM	#3
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,804	Here is anything you need to know about Shortcuts. Also check your Graffiti Help menu to see how to stroke the shortcut character.  You can have this Graffiti Help popup on the screen by swiping your stylus from graffiti area to the screen.  If not, you can set it up by going to Prefs, Buttons, Pen..., Graffiti Help.  You can also see what shortcuts that are already stored in your Clie by going to Prefs, Shortcuts.  Reading the manual helps too.  I use it with another secret character to type a 30-character long password for unlocking my Clie's System Lockout screen.  So no on-looker would be able to capture that password as the 30 characters zipping across the screen. __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G Last edited by DanT : 10-26-2003 at 12:42 PM.

10-26-2003, 01:50 PM	#4
Aufnahmeleiter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 65	But he could watch you typing in your shortcut, right?

10-26-2003, 01:56 PM	#5
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,804	Not if you do it fast and keep wiggling your stylus (w/o touching the graffiti pad) while the characters zipping across as if you have very fast graffiti writing skill (one way to impress newbies). __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G

10-26-2003, 03:58 PM	#6
mike p WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittston, PA Posts: 981	i uyse the sipe for my on screen kb __________________ Palm TX with 4GB SD (Not SDHC) card, ThinkOutside Bluetooth keyboard Clie NX70, 128MB MS, 2GB MS Pro Duo, Wl110 WiFi card

10-26-2003, 04:31 PM	#7
Aufnahmeleiter Registered User Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Germany Posts: 65	What?

10-26-2003, 05:40 PM	#8
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,804	Sounds like someone having a late October Fest celebration. __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G

10-26-2003, 07:11 PM	#9
mike p WebMaster Join Date: Sep 2003 Location: Pittston, PA Posts: 981	huh __________________ Palm TX with 4GB SD (Not SDHC) card, ThinkOutside Bluetooth keyboard Clie NX70, 128MB MS, 2GB MS Pro Duo, Wl110 WiFi card

10-26-2003, 08:07 PM	#10
DanT TH55 Nutcase member Platinum Contributor Join Date: Jul 2002 Location: 29°4'N/95°27'W Posts: 5,804	We just didn't understand what you're talking about. I thought you've a little too much to drink until I realized that you are still a kid. Just forget what I said. May be I'm just too old to understand new kind of English being used by kids nowadays. __________________ Vx, M500, N760P, NX70V/U, NX73V/U, NZ90/U, SL10/U, SJ30/U, T415, T615C, TJ25/U, TJ27/U, TJ35/E1, TH55/U, TH55/E1, TH55/E2, UX40/U, UX50/U, UX180P, iPhone, iPhone3G

10-27-2003, 02:10 PM	#11
Lucky Bob Registered User Join Date: Aug 2003 Posts: 115	He probably meant the action the PDA takes when you run your stylus from the bottom of the screen to the top. I have it set up so that the screen's brightness changes. __________________ Why do some people say you can kill two birds with one stone when it's hard enough killing one bird with two stones?

10-27-2003, 09:23 PM

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Originally posted by mike p
i uyse the sipe for my on screen kb

I get it now.  You use the graffiti to display swipe for launching your on-screen keyboard.  You need to activate your spell checker.

Why would you do that if there are already two buttons for it are already there in the graffiti area, you know, the "a" and "1" on the bottom corner of the graffiti area?

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10-27-2003, 10:47 PM	#13
fssia Senior Certified Penguin Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Brunei Posts: 1,169	Wildturkey, have u finally worked out how to use Shortcuts? It's a very cool function, so I hope u get it to work for u soon. Dun think I need to give u instructions on how to do it since DanT has provided a very useful link on Shortcuts. Best of luck there!

10-28-2003, 04:08 PM	#14
wildturkey Junior Member Join Date: Oct 2003 Location: Texas Posts: 13	Yeah I figured it out. I had been through the graffiti help about five times looking for the input character to activate the shortcut, but couldn't find it. That is until reading the replies I recieved. Then I went back through and noticed it on the second page....maybe glasses are sooner in my future than I thought. Anyway thanx everyone for all the responses, note entering just got a lot faster.