MessagEase™ for Pocket PC
V.
3.1.3
(Januray 2007)
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MessagEase is the fastest technology for entering text on PDAs, cell phones, Tablet PCs, or in fact any small mobile device. It's a cross-platform technology, making convergence of small devices practical.
The innovative, patent-protected MessagEase keyboard enables you to enter full text using buttons that are much bigger than a QWERTY keyboard. These bigger and fewer keys are easier to find and faster to target.
MessagEase uses an ingenious combination of taps and drags for entering text: Taps for most frequent letters and numbers and drags for less frequent letters and special characters.
MessagEase's keyboard comes to you with built-in editing functions. You can use MessagEase in any application requiring text. Like getting used to any innovation, it may take you a few minutes to become familiar with MessagEase's keyboard. But once you do, you will never go back to other ways of entering text on your PDA.
Download MessagEase for Pocket PC now!
(This software is complete and it is not crippled in anyway. It will work for two months. Then if you are still using and liking it, you may decided to register for it.)
Installation*: Inside the zip file you download and unzip you will find two folders. Choose the folder appropriate for your Pocket PC's operating system. |
Important! To update and install a new version of MessagEase you need to perform a soft reset first. |
Make sure your Pocket PC is connected to your computer. Unzip the zip file you have downloaded and save it to a directory of your choice. Then simply double click on the Setup file to bring up the installer. Then follow the on-screen instructions for installing MessagEase for Pocket PC on your PDA * To re-install MessagEase, you need to perform a soft reset first. |
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Once the installation is completed, go to any application that requires text entry and tap on the little arrow on the bottom-right of the screen to select MessagEase. Once you do this, you will see MessagEase's color-enhanced keyboard appear on the bottom of your screen. Removing the software: Even when MessagEase keyboard is installed on your Pocket PC, you can easily switch beaten various input options by tapping on the little arrow on the bottom-right fo the screen. However, you can permanently remove MessagEase from your system by following the following steps:
Installing a newer version: To update and install a new version of MessagEase you need to perform a soft reset first.
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Get acquainted with MessagEase's powerful keyboard!
You enter letters, characters, digits, and many editing functions with either a tap or a drag on MessagEase's keyboard buttons. Notice the letter buttons of MessagEase keyboard are almost three times as large as the letter buttons of the QWERTY keyboard occupying the same overall area.
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Enter
any of the most frequent letters (a, n, i, h, o, r, t, e, s) by
simply tapping anywhere on its key. Since the keys are larger,
it's much easier to target and tap these keys. 71% of times you'll
be doing just that.
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Enter
any of the less frequent letters (q, u, p, b, j, d, g, c, q) by
simply dragging from anywhere on the center key (O key)
toward one of eight directions shown by that letter. For example,
to enter "u" drag up from anywhere on the center key.
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Enter
any of the less frequent letters (v, l, x, m, f, w, y, k, y) by
dragging from anywhere on the its key toward the center key. For
example, to enter "v" drag down-right from anywhere
on the top-left key.
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| Enter numbers by tapping on the number keys. |
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| Enter special characters by dragging on their position on the number or letter keys. Drag from anywhere on its key toward the direction shown by that special character. For example, to enter "(" drag left from anywhere on the 4 or H key. Or, to enter "@" drag down-left from anywhere on the 6 or R key. |
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To enter a "space", tap anywhere on the big spacebar in the middle. For "Enter" or carriage return, either tap on the curved arrow button or drag down anywhere on the spacebar. Tap on the left arrow key for "backspace." A drag left on the Spacebar also inputs a backspace. A drag right on the spacebar is a forward delete. |
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To enter capital letters, there are two ways:
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To enter an accented special character enter a letter followed by its accent, then drag on Combine (up-left from the "a" key). For example to enter ê, enter e followed by ^ then drag on Combine. Similarly, enter C, followed by O, followed by Combine to enter ©. |
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Finger-Operated Keyboard: Drag up from anywhere on the keyboard about half of the screen height and your small keyboard will be transformed into a larger, finger-operable one! Drag up on the alphabet side to bring up the alpha keyboard or drag up on the number side to bring up the number keyboard. Switch between the larger keyboards by drawing left on the big "?". Use this keyboard when you want to jot down something quick, but don't want to remove your stylus! Or use it when you want to enter text in poor light, or when you prefer to see larger letters on the keyboard. |
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The Command Button includes the most common text editing functions. You can copy, past, cut and undo by just performing a drag. Dragging on the up or down arrow scrolls your text up or down. Drag on the Command icon to change to the Ctrl Mode. Drag and return to get to the Alt mode. Drag up-right for Ctrl and drag-up-left for Alt. Tap anywhere on this button for inserting or defining the MacroWriter. See MacroWriter Below. |
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MacroWriter lets you enter short or long passages by only a few letters. Use MacroWriter to speed up your text entry. For example, you can enter a phone number, an address, or an entire paragraph, by only a couple of taps or drags! To get started tap on the big question mark on your MessagEase keyboard and then tap on MacroWriter. Enter the text you enter frequently (content) and assign an abbreviation (key). Then MessagEase monitors your text entry and whenever it matches a key, the You can even load and save your macro files and edit the ones you've already created. Hint: a tap on the Command key when M is not lighted brings up the macro creation page. |
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Configuring and personalizing MessagEase: tap on the big question mark to bring up MessagEase's configuration menu. Using this menu you can select between left-handed or right-handed keyboard, define the length of your drag, register your software, or access our help pages. You can also keep the character case of the displayed keyboard fixed. (By default, when Shift or Caps Lock is active uppercase characters are shown on the keyboard; otherwise the keyboard displays lowercase characters. You can use Fixed Case to configure your keyboard to show either uppercase or lowercase characters all the time.) |
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MessagEaseST's License Agreement This version
of of MessagEase software for Pocket PC is a time-limited demo
or beta.
You are hereby licensed to use the beta or time-limited demo
version of the MessagEaseST software for the duration of the
evaluation period, or until its time limit expires, whichever
comes first. You are also authorized to make exact copies of
the MessagEaseST demo or beta software and give it to anyone
as you wish provided that you do not charge or request donations
for any such copies, however made and also provided that the
persons you give this software to agree with the terms of this
agreement. You may
also copy, print and distribute the supplied documentation of
MessagEase in its unmodified form via electronic means, provided
that you do not charge for it in any shape or form, and provided
that your action is only for the purpose of facilitating the
use of MessagEaseST. You may not use all or portion of this
documentation for using or enhancing the use of another tool
or software. Disclaimer Of Damages Neither
nor anyone else who has been involved in the creation, production
or delivery of this product assumes any liability for damages,
direct or consequential, which may result from the use of the
software and/or accompanied support material. To the maximum extent
permitted by applicable law, and regardless of whether any remedy
set forth herein fails of its essential purpose, in no event will
ExIdeas be liable to you for any special, consequential, direct,
indirect or similar damages, including any lost profits or lost
data arising of the use or inability to use the product, even
if ExIdeas has been advised of he possibility of such damages.
Under no circumstance shall ExIdeas liability exceed the purchase
price for the MessagEaseST software and its associated support
material. This disclaimer and limitations set forth above will
apply regardless of whether you accept the Software Agreement
and the Software. MessagEase
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. Then if you tap anywhere on the Command Key, the text you specified will replace you r abbreviation. The amount of text you can save and recall is only limited by the memory of your Pocket PC.
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