Apple MessagePad Specifications download pdf (Page 39)

Selecting text and drawings

To select an item, hold down the pen near the item until a

heavy mark appears under the pen (the MessagePad makes a

squeak), and draw the mark over or around the item. If

the sound effects in Prefs π are turned off, you won’t hear

the squeak.

To select words, draw the highlighting mark across them.

To select text on more than one line, draw the highlighting

mark from the beginning of the first word to the end of the

last word.

To select several whole lines of text, draw the highlighting

mark vertically through the lines of text.

To select lines in a shape, draw the highlighting mark along

the lines.

Writing and Drawing

m If the correct word is in the list, tap it.

m If the correct word is not in the list, you can tap the

Corrector button L or the Keyboard button _ to

rewrite or retype the word. If you selected Cursive as your

handwriting style, you can also tap Try letters to let the

MessagePad try to recognize the word again, using

letter-by-letter recognition.

If you tap the Corrector button L in the list, you can write

directly over a letter to change it. You can also tap once on

the letter and in the list that appears, tap a choice—the

lower- or upper-case version of the existing letter, Delete, or

Insert. You can also tap a blank space to add punctuation

marks or another word, as well as to delete or insert a space.

If you tap the Keyboard button _ in the list, the on-screen

keyboard appears. Tap out the word.

If you tap “Try letters,” the MessagePad uses letter-by-letter

recognition instead of its dictionary to interpret the word. It

then displays its best guess. This is useful if you don’t have

letter-by-letter recognition turned on and you wrote a word

that is not likely to be in the dictionary. It is also helpful if

you wrote a word and the MessagePad guessed a number, or

if you wrote an unusual combination of letters and numbers

that wasn’t recognized.

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Apple MessagePad Specifications Page 39