128K Electronic Organizer
(650-0841) Using Records Faxback Doc. # 17675
MEMORY CAPACITY
Your data directory displays storage space in bytes. It has 128,260 bytes
of storage space available before you start storing records.
Telephone/Business Card Records
Each telephone/business card record uses 1 byte for each character, digit,
and space you enter in a field, 1 byte each time you press the return key
(RECALL or RETURN) to end a line in the ADD field, plus 2 bytes overhead
for each field. For example, the following telephone/business card record
uses 80 bytes of storage space.
Item #Characters Field Overhead Totals
PECK, AL 8 NAME 2 10
WIDGETS 11 COMPANY 2 13
LTD
555-1212 8 PHONE 2 10
555-2323 8 CELLULAR PHONE 2 10
555-3434 8 FAX: 2 10
12345 25 ADD 2 27
ANYWHERE
BLVD. WEST ____
80
Note Files
Each note file uses 1 byte for each character, digit, and space you enter,
1 byte each time you press the return key (RECALL or RETURN) to end a line,
and 4 bytes overhead for each note file. For example, the following note
file uses 33 bytes of storage space.
Item # Characters Overhead Totals
THE(Recall) 4 4
EC-359(Recall) 7 7
STORES(Recall) 7 7
NOTES WELL! 11 11
4 4
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33
Schedule Messages
Each schedule message uses 1 byte for each character, digit, and space you
enter, 1 byte each time you press the return key (RECALL or RETURN) to end a
line, and 10 bytes overhead for each schedule message. For example, the
following schedule message uses 43 bytes of storage space.
Item #Characters Overhead Totals
MEETING-(Recall) 9 9
DISCUSS SALES(Recall) 14 14
OBJECTIVES 10 10
10 10
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43
Expense Records
Each expense record uses 14 bytes.
CHECKING THE MEMORY CAPACITY
To see how much storage space is available, press MENU to save any card
file or note you are working on, then press CARD FILE or NOTES. The number
to the right of MEMORY USED : shows the amount of storage space (in bytes)
you have already used, and the number to the right of MEMORY LEFT : shows
the amount of storage space (in bytes) you have left.
NOTE: MEMORY FULL appears on the display if no storage space is available.
To free up storage space, you can delete old telephone/business card
records or notes. See "Deleting Telephone/Business Card Records"
and "Deleting Notes."
DATA ENTRY TIPS
Press SPACE to enter a space.
To delete or replace a character, repeatedly press < (REV or REVERSE),
> (FWD or FORWARD), the solid ^ , or the solid v to move the flashing
cursor over the character, then press DEL to delete the character.
Then enter the correct character, if necessary.
Press CAP to change from lower-case to capital letters. If you
repeatedly press CAP until a dash appears above the CAP graphic on the
keypad, the EC-359 prints capital letters when you press letter keys.
If you repeatedly press CAP until the dash above CAP disappears, the
EC-359 prints lower-case letters when you press letter keys.
Press SHF to shift only the next letter key you press to a capital
letter, lower-case letter, or the special character printed next to the
letter key. If you repeatedly press SHF until a dash appears above the
SHF graphic on the keypad, the EC-359 prints a capital letter, or
lower-case letter, or the special character printed next to the key,
the next time you press a letter key. Then, after you press the letter
key, the dash above SHF disappears, and the EC-359 prints all capital
or lower-case letters again when you press letter keys.
The EC-359 can print any of the following special characters.
! ( "
# ) ?
$ ; /
& : ,
*
Press INS to insert letters, numbers, or special characters. If you
repeatedly press INS until a dash appears above the INS graphic on the
keypad, a flashing line appears on the display. Press < (REV or
REVERSE), > (FWD or FORWARD), the solid ^ , or the solid v to move the
flashing line to the position where you want to insert the characters,
then insert the characters. After you insert the characters you want,
repeatedly press INS until the flashing line on the display and the
dash above the INS disappear.
Press MENU at any time to clear the display and return to the main menu
screen. The EC-359 automatically stores your file.
To get the most from you EC-359's storage space, use abbreviations
whenever possible.
(CS/all-10/27/95)
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