User manual VTECH PRECOMPUTER POWERPAD PLUS

[. . . ] Precomputer Power Pad Plus TM User's manual Dear Parent: At VTech® we know that children have the ability to do great things. That's why all of our electronic learning products are uniquely designed to develop a child's mind and allow them to learn to the best of their ability. Whether it's learning about letters, numbers, geography or algebra, all VTech® learning products incorporate advanced technologies and extensive curriculum to encourage children of all ages to reach their potential. When it comes to providing interactive products that enlighten, entertain and develop minds, at VTech® we see the potential in every child. 87 CONTENTS CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] The cursor is the blinking symbol "_" on the display that indicates where the next character that is pressed on the keyboard will be entered in the computer. The SHIFT key is used with another key to enter a character into the computer. For example to enter the "+" character, you must press SHIFT and the key marked "+ =". If you just press the "+ =" key then the "=" character will be entered. The Left Arrow key and the Right Arrow key are used to position the cursor left or right, respectively. They do not erase any character that is displayed, but you can type over anything in their positions. Each time you press the SPACE bar, one space is inserted on the display line. The INS and DEL keys are used to insert or delete one character at a time on the display where the cursor is positioned. All characters to the right of the cursor position will be shifted one character to the right to make room for the new character once it is input through the keyboard. The DEL key is used to delete one character at a time on the display where the cursor is positioned. The DEL key will shift all characters on the display one position to the left, thereby erasing the character under the cursor. Before anything on the display is actually sent, you must press the ENTER key. You press all the keys that comprise a statement to the PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS learning unit and then press ENTER. PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS will process your command and the information. That is, the character you type will appear on the screen whether there is a character at the cursor position or not. The "^" character on the ^ 6 key (which is used only in the BASIC program) is used to tell the computer you want to raise the number preceding it to a power of the number following it. 4. 5. When you are typing a line, but before you press ENTER, it will erase all that you have typed; or, if you are running a BASIC program, you can interrupt it by pressing this key. When using the INPUT command, PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS will ask you to supply it with some data from the keyboard. The prompt is the "?" symbol and it appears on the display indicating that the computer is waiting for you to type something. The letters and numbers that you press will appear on the LCD screen. 31 THE LCD SCREEN The PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS learning unit uses a Liquid Crystal Display (LCD) screen. The Left Arrow key and Right Arrow key are used to scroll the 20 character display window left or right, respectively. In BASIC, pressing the ENTER key allows you to see the next printed statement that your program is displaying. [. . . ] You can only load files with a PCW extension or a BAS extension (example: test1. pcw). Overwrite data?" If you select yes, please remember you will lose any existing data in your PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS Word Processing activity or BASIC activity. The file will be loaded into the main unit. Delete File After selecting this option, you can view the PC monitor for a list of files in the PC. Use the up/down arrows on the PRECOMPUTER POWER PADTM PLUS to scroll through the list of files on the PC monitor. [. . . ]