2.3Chapter 2 Entering DataGeneral Guidelines for Graffiti 2 WritingFollow these guidelines to learn and use Graffiti 2 writing strokes successfully:• To achieve 100% accuracy, practice drawing characters exactly as they appear in the tables later in this chapter.• The heavy dot on each shape indicates where to start the stroke. Some characters have similar shapes, but different startingand ending points. Always start the stroke at the heavy dot. (Do not draw the heavy dot; it is there only as a guideline.)• The Graffiti 2 writing strokes for letters closely resemble letters of the standard English alphabet, both upper and lower case.Most characters require only a single stroke. When you lift the stylus from the text input area, your handheld recognizes anddisplays the text character immediately.For multi-stroke characters, a temporary character is displayed after the first stroke, to show that the stroke was recognized.For example, after the first vertical stroke of “t”, a temporary ”l” is shown. There is a short time delay, during which thesecond stroke must be drawn. Otherwise the temporary stroke is recorded.NOTE: Rather than making uppercase letters by using the Shift stroke, uppercase letters are made in the centerof the text input area. This will be discussed in more detail later.• The text input area is divided into two parts, one for writing lowercase letters and one for writing numbers. The small marksat the top and bottom of the text input area define the division line. To have your handheld recognize letters and numbers,you must begin letter strokes on the left side, and number strokes on the right side of the text input area. Uppercase lettersare formed by writing across the division line.Write lowercase letters hereWrite uppercase letters across the division lineWrite numbers hereEntering Data: Graffiti® 2
