FrogPad Manual Bluetooth
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1. pile Comput er rogPa Pad hg C TC ps e n FrogPad LLC ic Omplete So utio For Bluetooth amp wireless technology enabled products Macs PCs Tablets PDAs Wearable PCs Notebooks amp other devices with HID profile FrogPad Instruction Manual www FrogPad com Learning FrogPad Chapter 1 Do you Frog Chapter 2 Understanding the Keys Left amp Right Keyboard Layouts Chapter 3 How to Frog Chapter 4 Mac Command Key Chapter 5 Key Arrangement Chart Page 2 Do you Frog Very soon you will be If you read the instructions review the Tutorial and also have a look at the quick reference card Frogging is easy Within an hour you will be touch typing About the same time it takes to learn graffiti on a PDA or similar device But first let us discuss the opportunity of FrogPad FrogPad has broken the Qwerty code FrogPad is the most unique and powerful approach to text intensive data entry It has been designed to be the next global standard for human computer interfaces Execute any command used on your regular keyboard with two hands with just one hand and your FrogPad What does this imply Although we first marketed FrogPad as being an ergonomic keyboard the true value of FrogPad is in the portable wireless Internet market FrogPad is the only portable compact and fully functional one handed keyboard that can provide accuracy and speed for text intensive data applications Plus it is easy to learn2. Hold NUMBER Hold NUMBER FrogPad Manual visit us online www FrogPad com For more information contact us FrogPad Offices in US Canada 713 960 9611 info frogpad com Germany UK amp Japan
3. ec en E E Pa e A Here are a few things to keep in mind when you are training on Froggy Remember that it took a semester 56 hours to learn to type 40 words a minute WPM on the standard keyboard It will take you less than 10 hours to learn 40 WPM on FrogPad Some have achieved 40 WPM in 6 hours The fact is 79 of the typing population hunts and pecks FrogPad is a natural transition for those who hunt and peck If you are from the hand held game generation you may be inclined to hold a FrogPad in both hands and use your thumbs This approach will work with FrogPad However learning to use the FrogPad is easiest when you first train yourself on one hand What does training mean As a normal human your attention span may allow you to stick to the tutorial for 10 15 minutes at a time Let us know how long it is for Super Humans Also remember to keep your eyes on the monitor and not at the keyboard You will be touch typing within an hour Two of the unique patented differences to Froggy are the algorithm and the intuitive letter layout This makes it fast and easy to learn FrogPad Manual Left amp Right Keyboard Layouts Notice the 15 center keys At the top left corner the letters that are in black are used in 86 of the English language On the bottom left the letters are in green which are used in 14 of the English language In the most difficult language Czech those 15 letters still com
4. Comma orange commands corresponds to corresponds to orange commands Comma on the edge of the the green letter the green letter on the edge of the keys or symbol in the or symbol inthe keys ENTER cames du Lacu ENTER the lt Enter gt Key also contains the Period i the Enter Key also contains the Period See the FrogPad Key Arrangement Chart for more information 5 FrogPad Manual The Basics FROGGY S NOTE When referring to both Left amp Right Layouts highlighted Commands will be in lt RED gt NOTE The lt 36 gt Key is the same as WIN APPLE QUICK GUIDE Default Setting With all lights off the FrogPad is in the Letter Mode for lowercase letters Press and release any letter key to get the primary letter for the key Hold the key down and the letter repeats ENTER _ Enter Press lt Enter gt to Enter to start a new line paragraph execute an action etc Period is located here too To access a Period press both the lt Enter gt key and the Space key at the same time SPACE Space Pressing lt Space gt by itself generates a space Press lt Space gt and any letter key simultaneously s to obtain the secondary bottom left GREEN letter for that key The lt F gt and lt A gt keys have tab and apostrophe respectively The lt U gt key E activates the Command Key and lt I gt key actvates the App function LHL Shown here Pressing Space simultaneously with S
5. LHL Left Handed Layout 36 Space lt U gt Application App Space lt I gt For Function Mode hold Number while in Letter Mode or Number Mode For Special Mode go to Symbol Mode then hold Number while pressing a Special Mode key Number alone brings up the Number Mode with keypad coding shown as KP Num Space Number brings up Number Mode with keyboard coding shown as KB Num consecutive pressing of Number alone does this KB Num gt KP Num lt gt Letter Mode ef lt NUMBER gt Get Break by pressing Pause Ctrl Get lt SysRq gt by pressing Print Sceen gt with Alt Letter Mode Hold NUMBER Caps Lock Shift Lock FrogPad Manual RHL Right Handed Layout lt J gt Space lt U gt Application App Space lt I gt For Function Mode hold Number while in Letter Mode or Number Mode For Special Mode go to Symbol Mode then hold Number while pressing a Special Mode key Number alone brings up the Number Mode with keypad coding shown as KP Num Space Number brings up Number Mode with keyboard coding shown as KB Num consecutive pressing of Number alone does this KB Num KP Num lt gt Letter Mode Get Break by pressing Pause Ctrl Get lt SysRq gt by pressing Print Sceen gt with Alt Function Mode Letter Mode Er E mid
6. key NOTE The J Light is On 2 Immediately enter desired command such as NEW Note The lt JE gt light is Off Option The Alt key is the Option key Activate this function by 1 Pressing the lt Alt gt key located at the bottom edge of the lt H gt key and the lt Number gt key simultaneously Note The Alt light is On 2 Immediately enter desired command such as Option lt H gt Note The lt Alt gt light is off att 3x cTRL Light LHL Shown here Example Function 1st Step for New on a Mac N n U x 2 Space K a i 2 Delete 2nd Step E cTRL ALT x LHL Number H R amp H gi L B o It 8 a m 5 a FrogPad Manual GUNANE OCU EOE GOA PC amp Mac equivalents Character PC re a 6 NX e S ee e L EA A 1 A mo P omo S L A gt 9 c e e ce a p e A N 6 a 1 6 Y A E 1 0 Y i a A ze ce CE e May lt B Ctrl apostrophe then the letter For CAPS Ctrl apostrophe then press Shift the letter Ctrl accent grave then the letter For CAPS Ctrl accent grave then press Shift the letter Ctrl caret then the letter For CAPS Ctrl caret then press Shift the letter Ctrl tilde then the letter For CAPS Ctrl tilde then pre
7. Primary Keys three centermost keys and drum your fingers You will type t h e 4 Look at the key above the lt H gt and you will see the lt R gt now use what you just learned to type there 5 Below the lt H gt you will see the lt N gt now type then 6 How about vowels We have those too Look at the key directly above the lt E gt and you will see lt A gt and below the lt E gt is the lt I gt On the far left side you will see the lt O gt and lt U gt Your index finger is the strongest finger on your hand Consequently you have access to the all the vowels on one finger 4 7 Next we have all of the diagraphs of the English language such as ei ou th wh st ed re er ed in We took these into consideration as we planned the letter layout 8 Be mindful of what keys you ve activated such as the lt Shift gt key If you find that your mouse is highlighting text press the lt Shift gt key until the indicator light goes off You can also RESET the FrogPad by holding the Lower Right Key down for 3 seconds After this action all indicator lights will return to their normal position of off or inactive What are all the lights about ec Sar CH Some lights blink differently to indicate different conditions u The Num Lock Caps Lock amp Scroll Lock lights are controlled by the e host computer usually but not always under the direction of the e 8 corresponding key combinations The right han
8. d light is controlled by the FrogPad in response to Right amp Left key action e 8 The other lights across the top the Ctrl Light and the Alt Light are e 6 either off or continuously on depending on what keys you are using The J light blinks depending on the condition of lt 6 gt and lt App gt Number Mode and Symbol Mode cannot be on simultaneously For example if you are in Symbol Mode and you press the lt Number gt key Symbol Mode will be cancelled and the light will go off However Symbol Mode remembers if Number Mode is on so Keypad or Keyboard Number Mode is restored when Symbol Mode is turned off Tech Talk How does Froggy work anyway When a primary key is pressed the code is sent to your computer like a standard keyboard Some functions have about a one half second delay which cannot be changed by users Note in particular that codes for secondary characters are sent immediately because two keys i e the key for a character and the lt Space gt key are pressed simultaneously Thus codes for secondary characters are sent sooner than those for primary characters The delay before repeat and the repeat rate can be set on most computer systems For example this is done under Keyboard on the Control Panel of most MS Windows systems For some people adjustment of the delay and repeat rate may make the FrogPad easier to use Thank you again for being one of our early adopters Your insights
9. l FrogPad Manual CONTROL lt Ctrl gt LHL To activate simultaneously press Ctrl located at the bottom edge of the lt E gt key El and the Number keys 2 a Ocm 6a E LHL E ALT To activate simultaneously Number H press Alt located at the L bottom edge of the lt H gt key and the lt Number gt keys ecu Our e 36 LHL DELETE To use Delete simultaneously press U y and the lt Number gt keys Itis only 3 active each time you use it To a lt Delete gt for example a line of text Bese press an hold down the lt Delete gt located at the bottom edge of the lt U gt key and the lt Number gt keys until you ve completed deleting the desired text CRTL ALT DELETE To execute lt Ctrl Alt Delete gt press them in sequential order using Number key simultaneously with each of them see above Number Note Ctrl and Alt lights are on There is no light for Delete cre av cu To release repeat the step above in sequential order pressing only the Ctrl and Alt keys as Delete does not stay active Note Ctrl and Alt lights are off Mac Users F x 2 Ez S Q Q E Command The lt JE gt key is the Command key also is PC Windows key Activate this function by 1 Pressing the Space key and then simultaneously pressing the J key located at the bottom edge of the lt U gt
10. prise 70 of that language In most Latin based languages and in Japanese it is close to 90 We also define the character positions for Arabic Cyrillic Hebrew Korean and Pin Yin for future models 15 Center Keys 15 Center Keys Lefty Layout Righty PRIM w M jI MEE do 2 T p Ze c v3 lt I un 2 eo x Q E pm on e 3 R N EE vo 3 a X7 NODS PgUp TE E Ni T I us E Number symbol e jn m Ju Kk NOTE When referring to the LEFTY FrogPad NOTE When referring to the RIGHTY FrogPad We will abbreviate with LHL for Left Handed Layout We will abbreviate with RHL for Right Handed Layout FrogPad Manual 3 We designed the FrogPad around the natural motion of the hand Here are a few exercises 1 Try Drumming your fingers on your desk This natural motion starts with the pinky finger and goes one finger at a time to the index finger Practice this a few times 2 This next finger motion is the only new thing you will have to learn We ll practice first by doing the following press and release your desk with your thumb and fingers like this thumb and index finger thumb and middle finger thumb and ring finger thumb and pinky finger We call this simultaneous key press MN gt 5 T vo g en z rl wn Em Q f FROGGY s QUICK GUIDE 3 Now place your three middle fingers on the
11. ss Shift the letter Ctrl colon then the letter For CAPS Ctrl colon then press Shift the letter Ctrl Alt Ctrl Alt H Ctrl then a or A Ctrl amp then a or A Ctrl amp then o or O Ctrl COMMA then c or C Ctrl APOSTROPHE then d or D Ctrl then o or O Ctrl amp then s Assign a shortcut key to a symbol PC only 1 On the Insert menu click Symbol 2 Click the Tab with the symbol or character you want FrogPad Manual 4 Click Shortcut Key 3 Click the symbol or character you want 5 In the Press new shortcut key box Option e then the letter For CAPS Option e then press Shift the letter Option accent grave then the letter For CAPS Option accent grave then press Shift the letter Option i then the letter For CAPS Option i then press Shift the letter Option n then the letter For CAPS Option n then press Shift the letter Option u then the letter For CAPS Option u then press Shift the letter Option Shift Option Option a or A Option APOSTROPHE or Shift APOSTROPHE Option q or Q Option cor C Option Shift 4 Option Shift 3 Option o or O Option s r type the key combination you want to use 6 Click Assign Key Arrangement Chart
12. will make Froggie the next global standard for data entry If you have any questions and or at any time get stuck please feel free to email us You may also find answers to your questions on the FrogBlog at http frogpad zeroforum com The Chief Frog Officer FrogPad Manual FrogPad Key Functioning The Letter Keys are the fifteen keys in the center All Commands will be referenced by angled of the FrogPad The Primary Letters are located brackets lt gt The remaining keys are listed in the Upper Left hand corner of each key below eb S pun ez z LHL Left Handed Layout RHL Right Handed Layout E en cm ar F NIE E EP Tab eB Bos at EE T T iz L c3 Eva 6o 062 Tay 1E 70 z QF N Yt E K x Mac Command Key the lt 88 gt Number Symbol Key a k a the J P Command Key activates Mac based keyboard commands SHIFT SHIFT the lt Shift gt SYMBOL NUMBER SYMBOL the lt Shift gt Key also the Symbol NUMBER the Symbol Key also contains Key activates the Number SPACE SPACE the lt Number gt Key activates contains Caps Lock the Symbol Key has an orange the Space the Space Key has an orange the Symbol Caps Lock amp Mode Also square on it that Key has a green Key hasagreen square on it that Mode Also Shift Lock contains the corresponds to the square on it that square on it that corresponds to the contains the Shift Lock
13. ymbol or Enter will generate a comma or a period respectively Other letter key actions shifting repeat etc with lt Space gt are similar to those without Space 6 SHIFT Press Shift ONCE to activate Temporary Shift Mode The Shift Light blinks to indicate that CapsLock will be applied to the next letter LHL Shown here Once the letter is entered CapsLock will then e on Shift be cancelled CapsLonl Press and hold lt Shift gt and press any sequence PA of letters to get a series of capitalized letters Shift Sg Temporary Shift Mode is still active and is Lock z indicated by the blinking of the Shift light b c ew gp e G of i If you want CapsLock press the Be lt Number gt amp the lt Shift gt key Shift simultaneously CapsLock Light will e amp iE remain on To release CapsLock repeat e this step If you want ShiftLock press the I Lock Shift and Space keys simultaneously To release repeat this step SYMBOL Press Symbol to activate Symbol Mode Press the symbols on the right of each key with or without zx lt Space gt to obtain symbols Press lt Symbol gt again to cancel Symbol Mode Symbol NUMBER Press and release Number to activate the Keypad Number Mode aka NumLock In this mode view the numbers and numeric symbols on the bottom edge of the key You now have a 10 key IB keypad Pressing a number key with Space gets the function ke
14. ys F1 F2 etc Press lt Number gt to cancel the Keypad Number Mode Note the NumLock light and the Number light are on in this mode FrogPad Manual Number The numbers that run horizontally across the top of a regular keyboard are called Keyboard numbers aka Keyboard Number Mode To access this set of numbers press Space and Number simultaneously This mode is similar to the Keypad Number Mode except that the coding of digits sent to the host computer corresponds to that of the keyboard numbers The typical user will rarely use this mode If you do programming need it for security codes or similar applications you ll want to make note of this setting Press Space with Number to cancel out of Keyboard Number Mode Note The Num Lock light is off and the Number light blinks in this mode In any mode press Number simultaneously with the indicated orange key to get functions such as backspace delete escape and the arrow keys Hold Number and the function key to repeat the function such as Delete or lt BkSpace gt LHL Number N a K Highlighted keys located on the bottom edges The following are a sample of keys located on the bottom edges of all the keys i e lt Esc gt or lt BkSpc gt In the simplest terms the action is only active at the time you press it and does not need to be deactivated Reference see FrogPad Key Arrangement Charts at the end of this manua
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