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If the user types “Y,” the changes are saved, but press “N” or mistakenly hit “Escape” again, and all changes are lost. To save a document, the user has to press “Escape,” which brings up an odd menu asking the user whether or not the document should be saved. Unfortunately, there’s also no way to save a document and continue editing it. Saving documents has a major possible “gotcha.” When the user is editing a document or typing, those changes are not being saved automatically - lose power, and you also lose any changes. There is also no way to do a word count on a document - a feature I’ve always found helpful.
#QUICK WORD PROCESSOR PRO#
Even the AlphaSmart offered a limited spell-checking function, and its absence in the QuickPad Pro is a major oversight. The most inexplicable is that there is no built-in spell check function. There are some odd oversights with the QuickPad Pro. The unit ships with an infrared receiver that can be attached to PCs that works relatively well, if somewhat slow.
#QUICK WORD PROCESSOR SERIAL#
I primarily use the CF card - just insert the card into a CF reader attached to a computer and copy the files.Īdditionally, files can be transferred using USB, a free serial port, or via the QuickPad Pro’s built-in infrared transmitter. There are several ways to get data from the QuickPad Pro to a PC.
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A better design would have used a CF slot with an ejection mechanism so the card could have been recessed entirely within the unit. This makes it difficult to store the QuickPad Pro with the CF card installed, requiring users to remove the card when storing the unit in its case. However, the one drawback to using a CF card is that when a card is in the slot, it sticks out about half an inch.
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For example, I’ve copied the draft of the book I’m writing onto the CF card. This also makes it possible to use the QuickPad Pro for writing/editing large projects. I plugged a 64MB CF card into mine and used it to store all of my files. The QuickPad Pro has another feature that dramatically increases its usefulness compared to its competitors - a Compact Flash slot. The screen’s contrast can be adjusted somewhat to compensate for different lighting conditions, though without any backlighting, you need to have good lighting for it to work. The QuickPad Pro’s screen makes it possible to edit long documents that would be far more difficult to do with something like the AlphaSmart. I eventually stopped using my AlphaSmart because the 4 line x 40 character screen was far too limiting. This alone is a huge advance over the leader in these sorts of machines, the AlphaSmart. The screen is a non-backlit LCD that supports two separate text modes: 16 lines x 60 characters or 8 lines x 60 characters. The keyboard is a standard laptop-sized that is comfortable - the only downside is the half-sized space bar key, which takes some getting used to. It runs off four AA batteries, which should get you through 100 or more hours (I’ve had mine for several weeks and am still on my first set of batteries).
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The QuickPad Pro weighs in at about 1.5 pounds and is about the size of a piece of 8 1/2 by 11″ paper. On the one hand, the QuickPad Pro is sort of a technological throwback, but on the other hand, it performs its main task well.
#QUICK WORD PROCESSOR PORTABLE#
I am typing this review on my QuickPad Pro, which, like the AlphaSmart, is a portable dedicated word processor (though it has limited spreadsheet and personal information manager software).