Author: Clive Whitear
Date: December 18th 1998
Version: ER5 release
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How to use Help
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To find help on a particular subject, type the subject in the 'Find:' box and press Enter. A list of topics containing this subject appears in the "card browser".
•	To find help on a particular program, type the program name followed by an exclamation mark, e.g. Agenda!
It isn’t necessary to type in whole words for searching - just a few letters is enough.
The text will normally be shown highlighted where it occurs in the help card. Sometimes cards which don't contain the text but are still relevant will also be listed.
If the word is not found, try tapping on Find in all text on the Toolbar.
To scroll help text:
•	drag the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=vertical-scrollbar on the "scroll bar" to the right of the card, or
•	tap on the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=up-button or ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=down-button on the scroll bar, or
•	press the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=up-key or ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=down-key key
To move between help topics for the subject:
•	tap the Prev or Next buttons on screen, or
•	press the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=left-key or ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=right-key key.
Use the scroll bar on the right of the screen to move up and down the "card browser", and tap directly on the topic of interest.
To cancel the selection of topics, press Esc twice.
Help has its own "Menubar" of "commands" which can be used to print topics and change the way the Help looks.
The Help database doesn’t have to be closed to use the EPOC machine as usual; just tap on Go back, to keep Help open and use the machine as well. Press the Help key at any time to return to the Help database.
To close the Help database, select Close on the File menu, or press Ctrl+E.
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•	You can set up the EPOC machine to switch on automatically when you press a program icon or switch on and off when you open and close the case, by selecting the Switch on/off icon on the Control panel.
•	Tap on the clock to change from analog to digital (with date).
•	Press Shift+Ctrl+C to see a list of accented and special characters, that aren't on the keyboard.
In Word:
•	Initially new files take their settings from a standard template. To make your own templates, set up the file as you wish, then use Save as template from the More cascade on the File menu.
•	Remove the tick from Wrap to screen on the View menu to see your file as WYSIWYG.
In Sheet:
•	Use Ctrl+C to copy a Sheet formula from the help information, then paste it into your spreadsheet.
•	Drag the line on the right edge of a column heading or the bottom edge of a row heading to change the column width or row height.
•	When in the Graph view, tap on parts of the graph to edit the settings.
In Data:
•	Drag the right hand edge of a column heading in the List view to change the column width (if a column is hidden, tap to the right of the line to drag it into view again).
•	Drag the bottom edge of a row (at the left side) to change the height for all rows.
•	Highlight some text in the Card view, press Ctrl+C then Ctrl+V (copy then paste). The text appears in the 'Find:' box and all the entries matching that text will be found.
In Agenda:
•	You can set a General preference so that tapping twice in a time slot inserts a handwritten entry instead of text.
•	Press the Spacebar to go to and from today's date.
•	Tap the page "dog-ears" to turn the page.
•	To see your Agenda entries as a list, use Find on the Edit menu.
•	Insert a Sketch object and use clipart to denote the type of Agenda entry, e.g. balloons for a party. Set the standard scaling factor in General preferences.
•	Agenda automatically reclaims the space used by entries you delete or change.
In Jotter:
•	Just start typing in the List view to add a new entry.
In Time:
•	Tap twice on an alarm to edit it.
•	Tap on the next alarm text in the Alarms view to get a list of pending alarms.
•	Tap or drag on the map to go to nearest city.
•	Tap on the distance in the Map view to change distance units.
In Calc:
•	Scroll through previous calculations in the Scientific view using the up and down arrows.
In Sketch:
•	Use Rotate or Flip on the Transform menu to get further clipart variations.
•	Press the Ctrl key while drawing an ellipse to produce a circle or while drawing a rectangle to produce a square.
•	Drag a corner "handle" to resize a selection and keep the "aspect ratio" (i.e. the ratio between the height and the width).
•	Use the pen to position the selection in roughly the right place, then use the arrow keys to line it up exactly.
•	You can trace over a paper drawing in Sketch.
In Spell:
•	Use Ctrl+up or down arrow keys to jump between the Word to look up: box and the main screen.
Infrared:
•	You can only send entries from one Data file to another when individual labels have the same name, type and length. If they do not, you might instead send the information to a Word file on the receiving machine, and copy it from there.
Files and programs:
•	Tap on the name in the top right corner of the screen to see a list of open files and programs. Press Ctrl+Fn and tap the System icon to cycle round the open files and programs.
•	If you've removed a memory disk, you may find that files open on that disk can't be closed. If you need to close them, press Shift+Ctrl+E in the list of open files - note that you'll lose any changes made since the last time you saved the file.
Setting up the EPOC machine
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Before using the programs, tap the System icon, and then tap Control panel on the Toolbar on the right hand side of the screen.
Each icon in the Control panel displays a "dialog" where you change machine settings.
To make best use of the programs, set up Time & date, International, Screen (contrast) and Password.
Basics: Entering information
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Tap on the program icon for the type of information which is to be entered, e.g. tap on 'Word' to type a letter.
If this is the first time that you have run the program, you'll see a blank "page". If information has been entered, the information which was being worked on the last time the program was open is displayed.
•	For programs that don't have "pages" the same principle applies - the same view is displayed as the last time the program was used.
In most programs, you can start typing straight away. In others, e.g. in EPOC Data, you will need to select a 'New entry' command first.
Use a program's menu commands to format and manipulate the information entered in it. Commands with ... after their names display a "dialog" in which settings can be changed.
The information entered in programs is stored in "files", e.g. each letter typed will be an EPOC Word file. Use the commands on the File menu in programs to open, close, save, and create new files.
Keypresses
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The default keypresses for the EPOC machine are:
Ctrl+M - cycle through the screen zoom levels.
Shift+Ctrl+M - cycle the other way through the zoom levels.
•	The notation Ctrl+M means 'hold down the Ctrl key and press M at the same time'.
For moving around the screen:
Fn+up arrow key or 'Page up' (PgUp) - move up the screen by one page.
Fn+down arrow key or 'Page down' (PgDn) - move down the screen by one page.
Fn+left arrow key or 'Home' - go to the far left of the screen.
Fn+right arrow key or 'End' - go to the far right of the screen.
Switching between files & programs:
Fn and tap System - go to the last open file or program which has been used.
Ctrl+Fn and tap System - cycle round the open files and programs.
Ctrl+Fn+Shift and tap System - cycle the other way.
Ctrl and tap System - display the list of open files and programs.
Fn and tap program icon - open a new file in the standard folder.
Shift+Fn and tap program icon - open a new file in the current folder.
Ctrl and tap program icon - open the corresponding program on the Extras bar.
In some programs:
Ctrl+Z - undo the last action.
Ctrl+Y - redo the action that was last undone.
Ctrl+X - cut (or "move" for files and folders on the System screen).
Ctrl+C - copy (including files and folders).
Ctrl+V - paste (including files and folders).
Ctrl+B - make text bold.
Ctrl+I - make text italic.
Ctrl+U - underline text.
When editing text:
Shift+Ctrl+F - set font.
Shift+Ctrl+C - insert special character.
Ctrl+nnn - insert special character (nnn is the code displayed in the Insert special character dialog).
Shift+Ctrl+O - insert object.
Shift+Ctrl+J - format object.
Shift+Ctrl+Z - edit object.
On dialog lines with "number selectors":
Left and right arrow keys (or M and ?) - decrease or increase a number by 1.
Shift+M and Shift+? keys - decrease or increase a number by 10.
Wherever a date is entered:
Tab - display the built-in calendar and browse for dates.
•	The characters and functions on the front of the keys are accessed by holding down the Fn key, and then pressing the relevant key:
Fn+Tab (Caps) - switch between upper and lower case letters.
Fn+Spacebar (Backlight) - switch the screen light on and off.
Fn+, (Help) - display help information.
Fn+M (contrast -) - make the display lighter.
Fn+? (contrast +) - make the display darker.
Accented characters
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These are the keypresses used to insert accented characters:
Fn+Z, letter - umlaut/diaeresis
(e.g. Fn+Z, followed by E gives ë)
Fn+X, letter - grave
Fn+C, letter - acute
Fn+V, letter - tilde
Fn+B, letter - circumflex
Shift+' - a tilde on its own.
Use Fn+Z, Shift+letter to give upper case letters.
Fn+Q, A - å
Fn+Q, C - ç
Fn+Q, D - ð
Fn+Q, E - æ
Fn+Q, O - ø
Fn+Q, T - Þ
Use Fn+Q, Shift+letter to give upper case letters.
Fn+Q, L - «
Fn+Q, P - £
Fn+Q, Q - ¿
Fn+Q, R - »
Fn+Q, S - ß
Fn+Q, X - ¡
•	The EPOC Data program searches for characters independent of any accents.
•	Press Shift+Ctrl+C to see a list of accented and special characters, that aren't on the keyboard.
Menus & commands
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Tap on the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=menu-icon icon or press the Menu key to see the "Menubar" of commands for a program.
•	Tap on the menus and commands to select them.
•	The arrow keys can also be used to select a command, then press Enter to confirm the selection.
A command with a ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=right-arrow next to it (a "cascading" command) displays further commands when selected.
Some commands do something immediately (e.g. Zoom in), while those with ... after their names display a "dialog" in which further information is entered or settings are selected.
Some commands have "shortcut keypresses" for selecting them. These are shown beside the command names on the menu; e.g. Ctrl+M, which means hold down the Ctrl key and press the M key at the same time.
Dialogs
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"Dialogs" are displayed whenever information needs to be entered, often after a menu command has been selected or a Toolbar button tapped.
To move between lines in a dialog, press the up and down arrow keys. Some dialogs have more than one "page"; just tap on the tab at the top of the page, or move the highlight up to the tab and press the left and right arrow keys to move between them.
Dialog controls:
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=text-box A "text box" where information is entered.
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=choice-box A "choice list" where you select from a list of settings. Use the ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=left-key or ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=right-key to change the setting. Alternatively, tap the box or press the Tab key to see the full list, and then select the required setting by either tapping it or using the arrow keys and pressing the Enter key.
•	If the required option is known, type the first few letters to move to it immediately.
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=date-box A "date box" where dates are typed in. Press the Tab key to view a calendar and browse for dates.
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=number-box A "number selector" where a number is selected. Use the left and right arrow keys to increase or decrease the number by 1; use Shift+M and Shift+? keys to increase or decrease by 10.
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=checkbox-ticked A "check box" which can be selected or de-selected. Tap on the box, or press the Tab key to add or remove the tick that shows it's selected.
ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=radio-on-off A "radio button" that you select. Tap on the button next to the required option, or press Tab to move the selection between the options.
To save the information in a dialog, press the OK "button", or Enter.
•	Some dialogs may use a "Save" button labelled something other than OK; the equivalent keypress is displayed underneath it.
If you do not want to save the information, press the Cancel button, or Esc.
•	Some dialogs have other buttons that display further dialogs when selected.
To move the dialog box around on the screen to make things under it visible, position the pen in the grey title area and drag it.
Cutting, copying & pasting
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Select the Cut, Copy and Paste commands on the Edit menu or tap the appropriate icon on the left of the screen, to move and copy information between files and programs or to move and copy files or folders.
Information within EPOC programs:
If you highlight information and select Cut or Copy, it is copied to the "clipboard", a separate area where information is temporarily placed (text deleted using backspace is not copied to the clipboard). Insert the information from the clipboard at the cursor position using Paste.
•	The information stays on the clipboard until something else is cut or copied, so the same information can be pasted many times.
EPOC Sheet has a Paste special command for inserting formulae and formats in a number of ways.
To cut (move) or copy files or folders, go to the System screen and:
1.	Select the item(s) to be moved/copied.
•	To select a consecutive list of items, highlight the first one, hold down the Shift key, and highlight the last one. To select non-consecutive items, hold down the Ctrl key and highlight each file/folder in turn (by tapping or pressing the Spacebar). To select all the items in the current folder, use Select all on the Edit menu. To deselect items, press the Esc key.
2.	Select the Cut (move) or Copy command.
•	The selected files and folders are copied to a separate "clipboard".
3.	Go to the destination disk drive and folder. If you copy an item within the same folder, a copy number is added to the name of the new item; e.g. "Report" is copied to "Report(01)".
4.	Select the Paste command.
•	Moving or copying a folder includes the contents of the folder.
To clear the clipboard
To remove information, files and folders from the clipboard, select Clear clipboard from the Edit menu in the System screen.
Setting up printers
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You can print from the EPOC machine to a serial or parallel printer using the serial port, or to an Infrared (IrDA) enabled printer using the Infrared port.
You can also print to a file; which you can transfer somewhere else (e.g. a PC) for printing later.
To set up the standard printer:
1.	Tap Control panel on the Toolbar in the System screen and then select the Printer icon.
2.	Select the required settings.
•	If you have selected the serial printer and want to change the serial port settings, press the Settings button and change the settings following the instructions in the printer’s manual.
•	If you have selected printing to file, then the file will normally be created in the root of the 'C' disk drive and given the name 'PrintFile'. To change this, press the Settings button and select a new filename or folder.
To set up the printer for an individual program:
1.	Select Print setup from the Printing cascade on the File menu in an open file, and then press the Setup button.
2.	Select the printer on the Printer model line.
•	If you have EPOC CONNECT you can use a printer connected to a PC. To do this select Printer via PC.
Printing from programs
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You can print from the EPOC Word, Sheet, Agenda, Data, Sketch and Program editor programs.
•	Before printing the document can be previewed to see how it will look when printed.
To print information:
1.	Select Print from the Printing cascade on the File menu.
2.	Enter the range of pages to print and the number of copies.
•	If necessary, change the printer and the method by which you want to print by pressing the Printer button.
3.	Press Print to start printing the document.
•	You can cancel the print by pressing the Cancel button in the Print progress dialog.
•	If you see the message "Cannot open port, Infrared or communications program may be using it", it's because the serial port is set up for some other program. Use Link to desktop on the Tools menu in the System screen and set the Link line to 'Off'.
Print preview
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If you want to print the current file, you can preview it first on the screen to check the page layout using Print preview from the Printing cascade on the File menu.
In the print preview screen:
•	To change the page layout, press Setup and select Page.
•	To change the printer settings, press Setup and select Printer.
•	To change the number of pages shown in the preview and to show or hide margins, press Setup and select Preview.
If the file comprises more than one page:
•	Press the left and right arrow buttons to see the previous and next pages.
•	Press the Go to button to go to a specific page.
When you are ready to print the file, press Print.
Page layout for printing
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The page layout for printing can be set up from any program using Page setup from the Printing cascade on the File menu or by tapping the Setup button in a print preview followed by Page.
In the Page setup dialog you can specify:
•	Page size - choose from one of the standard page sizes or select Custom and specify your own page size.
•	Portrait or Landscape orientation - in portrait the height is greater than the width, in landscape the width is greater than the height.
•	Page margins - information will be printed within the margins.
•	Header - text that appears in the top margin of the page.
•	Footer - text that appears in the bottom margin of the page.
•	Other - specify which page to start numbering on, and whether or not to print a header and footer on page one.
When typing the header or footer the normal formatting tools can be used to select the bold, italic and underlined emphases.
Press the Format button to change the font, text size, text alignment or colour, set tab positions, or add a border to headers and footers.
Press the Insert button to include the filename, an object (e.g. a sketch or text from EPOC Word), page number, the total number of pages in the document (e.g. if you want the footer to be 'page 1 of 4'), or the current date or time.
•	You can also specify the distance between the top of the page and the header text, and the distance between the bottom of the page and the footer text.
Passwords on files
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Some programs allow you to set passwords for individual files. Passwords are case sensitive, so 'pass' is not the same as 'Pass'.
To set a password for a file:
1.	While you are in the file, select Password on the File menu.
2.	Type the password twice in the password dialog.
3.	Close the file.
When the file is opened again you will first have to type in your password.
•	If you forget your password, the file can’t be opened again. If you set a password for an open EPOC Word file, the program immediately saves the file in a password-protected form. You will not then be able to revert to an earlier version.
Switching views in a program
Some programs have a number of different views.
•	Select Switch view cascade on the View menu to see a list of available views; select one of them to switch to that view.
•	Some programs also have buttons on the Toolbar for selecting views.
•	You can also use Ctrl+Q to move between views.
Saving & reverting to saved
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You can normally leave programs and files open when you switch off the machine.
•	To save a file without closing it, select Save from the More cascade on the File menu in a program.
•	To save the file with a different name, select Save as from the More cascade on the File menu. You will be asked for a filename, and the folder and disk drive in which to save the file.
•	To undo all the changes made since the last time the file was saved, use Revert to saved from the More cascade on the File menu. Not all the programs have this option.
•	When a file is closed, it is automatically saved.
Creating a file
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Files can be created from the System screen, or from within programs. As a general rule:
•	Create a file from the System screen to start with the standard EPOC machine settings.
•	Create a file from within a program to use the settings you have already customised for an existing file, e.g. Agenda entry preferences in EPOC Agenda.
To create a new file from the System screen:
1.	Move to the folder within which you wish to create the file.
2.	Select (Create) New file on the Toolbar or File menu.
3.	Select the EPOC program to be used to create the file.
4.	A filename is suggested. If you do not want to use this, type another one. Then press OK.
If an existing file is already open within the program, and you want to leave it open, for example, in order to copy and paste from the existing file to the new file, hold down the Fn key while pressing OK.
A preference can be set in the System screen to do this without using the Fn key.
File & folder names
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The maximum length of a filename, including the disk drive letter, and the names of the folders within which the file is contained (known as the "path"), is 256 characters.
The maximum length of a folder name, including the path, is 252 characters.
A file or folder name can contain spaces.
The following characters cannot be used in a file or folder name: < > : / \ * ?
File extensions are not required.
You can have up to 64 files and folders in the root of 'C'.
Opening files & programs
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To open a file from the System screen:
•	Tap the icon on the Program icon, or tap the Extras icon first to display more program icons.
•	When you tap on a program icon on the Program icon bar, the program will attempt to open the last file used. If the file has been moved, renamed or deleted, a new file will be created in the "standard folder" instead. To open the last file you were using, look for it in the System screen and open it there.
•	Highlight the filename and tap it or press the Enter key.
•	To open a number of files of the same type, e.g. so that you can copy and paste between them, hold down the Fn key while opening the file (you can set a preference in the System screen to be able to do this without using Fn). To cycle through the open files, tap on the program icon.
To open a file from within a program:
1.	Select Open file on the File menu.
2.	Select the name of the file and the folder and disk where it can be found:
•	Tap the Name line or move to it and press Tab to see a list of files, in the selected folder and disk, for the program you are in.
•	Tap the Folder line or move to it and press Tab to see folders on the selected disk, displayed as a "tree" structure. Tap on the required folder, or highlight it and press the Enter key. Use the up and down arrow keys to select a folder; press Tab to open or close it.
•	Tap on the Disk line or move to it and press Tab to see a list of available disk drives.
3.	When the required filename is displayed, press OK.
Closing files & programs
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You can normally leave programs and files open when the EPOC machine is switched off. When you switch on again, you'll see the last thing you were working on.
However, you might want to close a file or program to free up some memory, or to restrict access to a password-protected file.
To close a file from within a program, select Close on the File menu.
To close a file from the System screen, highlight it and select File from the Close cascade on the File menu. Then press Yes.
Alternatively, display the list of open files and programs by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping the System icon, or by selecting List open files on the File menu on the System screen. Then select the program or file you want to close and press Close file.
Closed files are saved automatically.
To close a file without saving changes you have made, press Shift+Ctrl+E with the file selected in the list of open files. (This may be useful if the disk the file was opened from is no longer present.)
You cannot close the System program.
Switching between files & programs
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To move to a different program:
•	Tap the relevant program icon on the Program icon bar. If the program is file-based, e.g. EPOC Data or EPOC Word, the program displays the last file you were looking at.
•	Press Fn and tap the System icon to go to the last open file or program which was in use.
•	Press Ctrl+Fn and tap the System icon to cycle round the open files and programs. Press Ctrl+Fn+Shift and tap System to cycle the other way.
•	Display the list of open files and programs by holding down the Ctrl key and tapping the System icon, or by selecting List open files on the File menu. To move to a file or program in the list, highlight it and press the Go to file button.
To switch between open files in the same program, tap the program icon.
Selecting text
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You can select text in many programs and dialogs by highlighting it. Place the cursor in the text and extend the highlight using the following keypresses:
•	Shift+tap at the other end of the area you want to select - an area of any size.
•	Shift+left and right arrow keys - one character at a time.
•	Shift+up and down arrow keys - one line at a time.
•	Shift+Ctrl+left and right arrow keys - one word at a time.
•	Shift+Ctrl+up and down arrow keys - one paragraph at a time.
•	Shift+Fn+right arrow key - to the end of the line.
•	Shift+Fn+left arrow key - to the beginning of the line.
•	Shift+Fn+down arrow key - to the end of the page.
•	Shift+Fn+up arrow key - to the beginning of the page.
•	Use Select all in the Edit menu (if available) to select the entire file.
Deleting information
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To delete information from a file, highlight it and press Del or use the command on the Edit menu.
The Del key is also backspace, used when editing text.
To remove files and folders highlight them on the System screen, and press the Del key or select Delete on the File menu.
•	When deleting folders, remember that the entire contents of the folders, including all the other folders contained within them and all their files, will also be deleted. You cannot undo the deletion of any files or folders.
•	To remove all the files and folders from a Memory disk, select Format disk on the Disk menu in the System screen and select the 'D' drive.
Zooming in & out
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You can change the size of text and pictures on the screen by tapping on the magnifying glass symbols on the left side of the screen or by selecting Zoom in and Zoom out on the View menu.
You can set a specific zoom level in some programs using the command on the View menu.
Calendars
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When entering a date in a dialog the built-in calendar can be used to select the required date. To do this:
•	Tap on the Date line in the dialog; or
•	Move the highlight to the Date line and press Tab.
You will see the calendar with the current month. Today's date is circled, and the currently selected date marked by a highlight.
Highlight the required day and tap it or press Enter to return to the date dialog with this date filled in.
•	Use the buttons in the top corner of the calendar or press the Tab key to see a 1, 3 or 12 month calendar.
•	Tap on a day, or use the arrow keys to move around the days.
•	Press Shift+up arrow key or Shift+down arrow key to move to the same date in the previous or next year.
•	Tap on the "corners" at the bottom of the “pages” of the calendar or use Fn+up arrow key or Fn+down arrow key to move to the previous or next month, 3 month or 12 month calendar.
•	Press the Spacebar to go to today's date.
Importing files
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Some programs allow you to insert information of a different format into the current file. This is known as "importing".
•	Importing is not the same as "merging"; merging allows you to combine information that is in the same format.
To import information, select Import from the More cascade on the File menu.
Exporting files
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Some EPOC programs allow you to convert the information in the current file into another format. This is known as "exporting".
To export information, select Export from the More cascade on the File menu.
Undoing changes
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Some programs allow you to undo changes made to a document, using Undo on the Edit menu. Note that this must be done straight away.
Use Undo delete in EPOC Word or EPOC Program (and Ctrl+Z in some dialogs) to undo the last block of text deleted.
Use Undo in EPOC Sheet to undo the last addition, change or deletion.
Use Undo delete in EPOC Data to undo the last entry deleted.
Use Undo in EPOC Sketch to undo the last 5 actions.
If you have changed a file, but do not want to keep any of the changes, select Revert to saved from the More cascade on the File menu. This takes you back to the file as it was when last saved or to the file as it was when you opened it.
•	Undo does not work on a single character deleted with the Del key unless it was a picture or other object. Undo will not work on selections removed with the Cut command (use Paste instead), or if anything else has been copied or deleted since.
Spell checking a file
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To check a particular word, phrase, or section of text, highlight it. If you don't highlight part of the file, the complete file will be checked from the beginning.
To run the check, tap the Spell button on the Toolbar, or select the command on the Tools menu.
If a word is not recognised, you can:
•	Press the Correct button and move to the Suggestions line. Tap on this line or press the Tab key to display the list of suggestions, and select the word to be used instead. Press Correct to replace this occurrence, or Correct all to replace all occurrences of the word.
•	Press the Skip button to bypass the current occurrence of the word, or Skip all to bypass all occurrences of the word (you might want to do this if it is a name or part of an address).
•	Press the Add to dictionary button to make the word available as a suggestion in future spell checking.
•	Press Stop to halt the spell check.
Objects
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An "object" is information created in one EPOC program, that can be inserted into a file created in another EPOC program, e.g. a sketch inserted into a Word file. You can insert an object into a Word file, or into a Data or Agenda entry.
To insert an object, select the command or button, and the object type you want to insert.
This opens EPOC Word, Sheet, Sketch or Record, where you can create a new memo, spreadsheet, graph, picture or sound recording (you can merge in an existing Sketch or Record file). You may also be able to insert an object created in another program.
When you are finished, tap on Done to return to the original program.
•	An inserted Sheet object is displayed as a table or graph according to which view was active when you return.
Once an object has been inserted, use the formatting command or button to resize or scale it.
Formatting objects
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You can change the way a picture or spreadsheet looks when it is inserted in a file in another EPOC program.
To resize the object:
1.	Select the object you want to format.
"Handles" appear on the corners and sides of the object.
2.	Tap on one of the handles and drag it to resize the object.
For other formatting options:
1.	Select the object you want to format.
2.	Select the command or button to format the object or press the keys Shift+Ctrl+J.
3.	Then in the Format object dialog:
•	To display a picture or other object as an icon (a small symbol) in order to save screen space, tick the Display as an icon box on the Appearance page. This will also affect how the object is printed.
•	To resize a picture or graph without losing any of the content, either set a new height or width, or specify a new size as a percentage of the original on the Scaling page.
•	To trim the sides of the object without losing any of the content, specify the percentage that you want to cut from each edge on the Cropping page.
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Formatting text
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The appearance of text can be changed by making it bold, italic or underlined or by using a different font, font size or colour. You can also make the text superscript or subscript or strikethrough.
To make text bold, italic or underlined:
First highlight the text, then:
•	To make the text bold, tap ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=bold-button or press the keys Ctrl+B.
•	To make the text italic, tap ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=italic-button or press the keys Ctrl+I.
•	To underline the text, tap ARCHIVE=GENERAL NAME=underlined-button or press the keys Ctrl+U.
Use the same keypresses to undo the format - e.g. to change bold text to normal text, tap the button or press the keys Ctrl+B.
You can also use the same keypresses while typing, to format the text as you go along.
To select a different font or font size:
1.	Highlight the text you want to change.
2.	Select the Font command or button or press the keys Shift+Ctrl+F.
3.	In the Set font dialog on the Font page:
•	Select the required font.
•	Select the font size. Font sizes are measured in points: 10 or 12 point is generally a good size for printed text, and 16 point is suitable for headings. There are 72 points to an inch.
•	Tick the appropriate boxes to make the text bold, italic or underlined.
The fonts and font sizes which are available are determined by the settings on the printer being used.
4.	On the Other page:
•	Tick the Strikethrough box to put a line though the text.
•	Select the position of the text on the line.
•	Select the text colour.
•	You can see what the text will look like on the Preview line.
Number formats
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To change the time, date, number, currency or distance formats, tap on Control panel on the Toolbar or Tools in the System screen and select the International icon.
Screen contrast
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To change the screen contrast, use the keys Fn+M (lighter) and the keys Fn+? (darker).
Alternatively, tap on Control panel on the Toolbar or Tools in the System screen and select the Screen icon. Then set the contrast level to a number between 1 and 50.
Cannot open port message
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If, when trying to print, you see the message "Cannot open port, Infrared or communications program may be using it", it's because the serial port is set up for some other program. Use Link to desktop on the Tools menu in the System screen and set the Link line to 'Off'.
Access denied message
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If you try to set Link to desktop to 'Cable' or 'Infrared' and you see the message "Access denied", it's because a program such as Comms is using the serial port. You should close the program using the port and then try again.