Tutorial:The basics:
The default Context keys are the keys most frequently used to operate controls and menus as explained below.
The default Context keys are:
'Up' [up arrow] (8)
'Down' [down arrow] (2)
'Left' [left arrow] (4)
'Right' [right arrow] (6)
'Select' [Enter] (5)
As these keys will be used frequently, you will find it useful to memorize the actual physical keys used on the standard keyboard (enclosed in square brackets '[ ]') and the numerical keypad (enclosed in round brackets '( )' ) as in many cases in this manual these keys will be mentioned by their names only. For example, "Use the 'Up' key" and not "Use the 'Up' [up arrow] (8) key".
Controls
With controls, the functionality of these keys (or their commands) varies between types of controls and these will be explained in this Tutorial.
Menus
A menu always starts with a vertical list of menu items and sub-menus. A sub-menu contains other menu items or sub-menus of related operations.
You navigate a menu item list with the 'Up' and 'Down' keys.
You navigate to a sub-menu (go down a level) by using the 'Right' key and go up a level with the 'Left' key. When you get to the menu item you want you select it with the 'Select' key (you cannot select a sub-menu).
As the operation of all menus is the same, the following abbreviation is used:
Suppose that you have a sub-menu called 'File' which contains a 'Delete File' menu item which you need to select to delete the file in question. Instead of giving a detailed instruction of the 'Up', 'Down', 'Right', 'Left' and 'Select' keys it will use the simple abbreviation:
Select File > Delete File
where the '>' character indicates a sub-menu.