Icons and characters
This page defines the button icons and explains how to create currency and other international characters. There are also some further notes for Apple Mac users.
Main keyboard icons| Shift | (N/A) | A-Shift | ||
| Home | |
Enter | ||
| Page Up | |
Tab | ||
| Page Down | |
Caps Lock | ||
| End | |
Backspace | ||
| Scroll Lock | |
Delete | ||
| Space | ![]() |
F-Shift |
| Click (left click) | |
Right Click | |
| Double Click | |
Drag | |
| Mouse button | Mouse speed keys |
To activate the computer mouse, pause on the Mouse button. Use the mouse arrow keys to start the mouse cursor moving, and stop it with the central Confirm. Set the mouse cursor speed on the number buttons. To return to keyboard mode, pause on the Mouse button again.
| Set-Up | |
Rest button | |
| Sound setup | |
Sensitivity setup | |
| Brightness setup | |
Layout setup | |
| Layout A | |
Layout B |
The Layout buttons are active in Keyboard mode if the Quick Change facility has been set up.
The other keys are used for setting the user-configurable features of the Lomak and Notesai keyboards. Refer to the User Preferences page for instructions.
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| Cedilla | Tilde | Umlaut | Acute | Circumflex | Grave |
To apply an accent mark to a character, click the desired dead key prior to selecting and confirming the character to which it is to be applied.
Notes:
- The dead key facility only works if your Lomak is set to an international layout, and your computer is set for the matching international keyboard.
- Not all dead keys are available in all layouts and computer keyboard settings.
| Key | Lomak layout | PC keyboard setting | |
| $ | Shift-4 | all | Any |
| £ | Shift-3 AltGr-Shift-4 |
US/UK US-International |
UK US-International |
| € | AltGr-4 AltGr-5 AltGr-e |
US/UK US-International European layouts |
UK US-International European keyboards |
Note: The standard “US” language setting on a PC cannot enter the £ and € symbols—to use these symbols you must change the keyboard to “United States-International”.
To change the keyboard setting on Windows computers, refer to the pages in the section Selecting a keyboard in your computer at the end of this guide for instructions.
For non-Windows computers, consult your operating system manual for instructions on setting the keyboard and/or language.
You can create documents which contain international characters with accents and diacritical marks according to your PC’s Keyboard Layout and IME (Input Method Editor) settings. Consult your operating system manual for instructions on setting the keyboard/language.
International characters for many European and South American languages can be created by setting the Lomak to use the US-International or a European layout, and your PC to use the same keyboard. Refer to the pages in the section Selecting a keyboard in your computer at the end of this guide for instructions.
Then read the page Creating international characters in the Advanced Features section of this guide.
The Apple Mac layouts for both the Lomak and Notesai provide keys on the Control bar for controlling the computer speaker volume, CDROM drive eject, and the Left and Right Command, Ctrl and Option keys.
Mac keys on the left of the Control bar
| Set-Up (normal function) |
Vol- (volume decrease) |
Vol+ (volume increase) |
Left Command |
Left Ctrl |
Left Option |
Mac keys on the right of the Control bar |
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| Right Option |
Right Ctrl |
Right Command |
Vol
Mute |
CD
eject |
Rest key (normal function) |
The Alt keys act as Macintosh Option keys. All Command, Option, and Ctrl keys can be activated in mouse and keyboard modes.
The Mac layouts also have some extra key assignments on the Left and Right circles. Refer to the Apple Mac Keys (pdf) document for further details, including the Apple Mac key combinations for currency symbols, accented characters, and international and other characters.
Your Mac may be set to enter Sleep mode after a certain period of keyboard/mouse inactivity.
However, the Lomak remains operational and you can rouse the Mac with any keyboard or mouse operation. Be patient—the response may take a second or two.

