Once you have transferred data to your PC, you can edit it in RuppLynx, with all the advantages of a full-size keyboard and screen. You also gain functions not found on certain portable models. For instance, you can add boldface, underlines and italics to text...spellcheck data...and drop and drag appointments to your calendar.

Note: certain application files cannot be edited in RuppLynx. These include files from Notes, Scrapbook, Spreadsheet and Money Manager applications that come with certain Zaurus and OZ-9000 series models. You can backup these files on your PC using RuppLynx.

Launching an Application

To edit a file, click the appropriate button on the main toolbar. If the application is not on the toolbar, click your right mouse button in the desktop area to bring up The Task Manager window. (See page 50 for more details).

View Modes — Index and Record

When you open an application, you will see either a list of all the files in the application (Index Mode), or details of the first file in the application (Edit Mode). To choose a viewing mode, click on the File menu, select Preferences and choose Editor Options.

Edit Mode is ideal if you are primarily keying in data for an application. If you are in Record Mode and you want to switch see an index, click on the Index toolbar button at the upper left of the screen.

Index Mode is preferable for scanning through all your records. It is
also more similar to your hand-held unit’s default display. If you are in
Index Mode, to view or edit a specific record, highlight it in the index
and select Edit.

Creating/Editing Records

When you open an application, the data you transferred from your hand-held unit should appear on the screen. A Status Bar at the bottom of the screen displays important information, such as the name of the file you are editing, whether it is an IC Card or Main memory file and the record number. When the Tag icon is highlighted, that record is tagged. When the Lock icon is highlighted, that record is password protected. For the YO-Series Schedule, the Bell icon indicates whether the alarm is set or not.

If you have not transferred any data, you will see a blank screen with the application toolbar at the top. If you transferred data and it does not appear:

The toolbar at the top of the screen lets you create and edit data much the same way as you do on your hand-held unit. You can also use the Windows menus or keyboard keys to access most editing functions.

Scroll;Scroll Up Pg-Up/Pg-Dn Record/Next

and Down Record/Prev

Cut;Cut Ctrl-X Edit/Cut

Copy;Copy Ctrl-C Edit/Copy

Paste;Paste Ctrl-V Edit/Paste

Paste Special;Paste Special Edit/Paste Special

Create a New Insert Record/New Record

Edit 2-click field Record/Edit

Delete Record Del Record/Delete

Delete All Record/Delete All

Tag/Untag Record/Tag

Record Record/Untag

Tag All Record/Tag All

Remove All Tags Record/Remove

all tags

Delete All Tagged Record/Delete All

Tagged

Store a Record Ctrl-Enter Click on another

Duplicate a Record/Duplicate

Enter Current Space Bar

Move to Next Field Tab (forward) Click on new field

Shift-Tab

(back)

Check Spelling

The SpellChecker works with almost all RuppLynx applications and offers auto correction, auto hyphenation and over 130,000 words in it’s dictionary. To use the SpellChecker, open a record, click on the Spelling menu and choose one of these options:

Replace By Suggestion — replaces misspelled word with suggested spelling

Suggestion — offers suggested spellings for word at the cursor

Insert in Dictionary — adds the highlighted word to the
SpellChecker dictionary

Check Cursor Word — checks only the word at the cursor

Style/Description — enables auto-hyphenation

Check from Cursor — checks document starting at cursor point

Check as you Type — enables auto-correction

Dictionary Maintenance — lets you add, subtract revise words in
the dictionary

Configuration — lets you add dictionaries and control how misspelled
words are identified

Converting RuppLynx 3.x Dictionaries

Dictionaries from older RuppLynx versions can be converted automatically to work with the RuppLynx 4.0 SpellChecker by following these steps:

All words from the old dictionary will be copied into the new file. Please note that this can take some time, depending on the speed of your computer. Copying a dictionary of 100,000 words could take up to one hour. You can abort the process at any time with the Esc key.

Pictures

Edit a picture field: Double click the field to select it. You can now delete or paste in a picture.

Expand a picture: Click on the Expand Picture button. Click on this button again to collapse the picture.

Picture Grab

Picture Grab allows you to copy an image from any Windows program and place it in a picture field or a Scrap Book file.