At last! I have got hold of a real Tablet PC machine (Acer) today. Compared to playing with the Tablet PC OS on a desktop machine using a tablet, it is awesome! I guess the first realization is that the transition from keyboard to keyboard-less still requires a lot more time and practice for me - probably very true for every other Tablet PC owners.
After some playing, I immediately customized the functionalities for the buttons of the Acer Tablet PC - well, that is the closest thing to a keyboard - and customized almost all of them to a key combination.
Here is my list for the primary landscape setting.
(1) Security Button - Left untouched. Activate the task manager and you can access Sleep or Hibernation.
(2) Enter Button - Activate TIP. It is so much more convenient than moving the stylus to the taskbar and moving back.
(3) Move Down (Left Button) - Ctrl-C or Copy.
(4) Move Up (Right Button) - Ctrl-V or Paste.
(5) Function+Enter - Rotate the screen 90 degree clockwise. It is a pity when I try to customize the screen orientation switching sequence, I cannot make it to switch back and forth between only two modes: primary landscape and primary portrait. It is much faster to physically rotate the screen myself.
(6) Function+Move Down (Left) - Ctrl-Z or Undo.
(7) Function+Move Up (Right) - Ctrl-Y or Redo / Del / Shift-Del.
Maybe using one of the tablet buttons to activate a special application that sports all frequently used hotkeys is the best practice?
Posted
Dec 10 2003, 10:05 PM
by
blackinkbottle