Digicom 2000 User Manual page 31

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Types of Keyboard Layouts
The dimensions of a Keyboard Layout correspond
to the number of message keys on an overlay.
Remember the following information from
Chapter One:
❑ Overlays have layouts with a varying number
of message keys on each.
❑ There are 6 layouts/grids of message keys:
4x12, 4x8, 2x6, 2x4, 1x3, and 1x2.
❑ There is a Programmer's and a User's overlay
for each layout.
❑ There are two styles of letter keyboards: ABCD
and QWERTY keyboards. Refer to the table in
Chapter One which summarizes the different
overlay types.
The overlays are marked in the upper right hand
4X8 ABCDE
corner indicating the Keyboard Layout you should
select. It's important to mark the message keys as
COMMAND
you record onto them so you recall where you
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recorded your specific messages. An easy way
to keep your overlays organized is to put a
programmer's overlay in the DigiCom and, while
you are programming, write down the messages
on a matching user's overlay you keep by your
side.
Overlays can be customized to suit the individual
needs of the user. You may want to draw or paste
on small pictures of things to represent vocabulary
you include in the user's communication
messages. If you find you use many overlays of a
certain type, you can order extra overlays using
the order form included with the overlays or in this
manual.
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