AlphaSmart 2000 Electronics Manual

AlphaSmart 2000
Basic (Macintosh) Instructions
1. To type
1. Turn AlphaSmart on by pressing the on/off key
2. Choose File #1-8 (Students need to note the AlphaSmart number
on the back and the file number they have selected. Teacher may
want to keep a list of these numbers.)
3. Type
4. Use arrow keys to move cursor
5. Use Delete key to erase
2. To transfer to desktop computer for formatting/printing. Make sure
the file you want is the last file used. If unsure, turn on AlphaSmart
and bring up file you will be uploading. Turn AlphaSmart off.
1. With desktop computer turned off
1. Unplug mouse
2. Plug the short leg of the “Y” cable into computer keyboard
where mouse was connected
3. Connect mouse to AlphaSmart cable
4. Turn desktop computer on
2. Plug cable into AlphaSmart (Macintosh = connector on the right
and PC = connector on the left)
3. Start word processing program (ClarisWorks)
4. Open new document
5. Turn AlphaSmart on
6. Last file used will automatically open
7. Press Send key on AlphaSmart and the file will upload to the
desktop computer
8. Disconnect AlphaSmart from cable
3. Edit/format/save as with any document on the desktop computer
4. For the next AlphaSmart user, with file open press Clear File key to
erase text on the AlphaSmart
• Command key/up arrow moves the cursor up 4 lines (1 displayed page)
• Command key/down arrow moves the cursor down 4 lines (1 displayed
page)
• Command key and right arrow moves the cursor to the end of the line
• Command key and the left arrow moves the cursor to the beginning of
the line
• File 1 = 6 pages in length
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AlphaSmart 2000
Basic (Macintosh) Instructions
• Files 2 - 5 = 8 pages each in length
• Files 6 and 7 = 6 pages each in length
• File 8 = 4 pages in length
• To clear files (AlphaSmart is NOT connected to the desktop computer)
• Clear File clears only the current open file. This file can be
recovered by using the Data Recovery command.
• Option, Command and Clear File will permanently erase a file
and it cannot be recovered.
• Data Recovery Command
• A file accidentally cleared can be recovered if no text has been
entered into that file.
• Open the file you wish to recover
• Press Option, Command, R to activate the recovery command.
This will recover the file as it was.
• If the above recovery does not work
• Press Control, Option, Command, R this will recover the last
40 characters. Continue pressing this command until the file is
completely recovered.
• There will also be some “garbage characters” with this
recovery that you will need to manually delete.
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