Targus ThumbPad Portable Keyboard User Manual
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Portable Keyboard for Visor
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Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
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USER’S GUIDE
Making Your Mobile Life Easier.
ThumbPad™ Portable Keyboard
Congratulations on your purchase of the Targus ThumbPad™
Portable Keyboard. The ThumbPad is a convenient and ultraportable keyboard for your mobile computer.
With the ThumbPad keyboard you can:
• Enter text directly into your mobile computer.
• Use the function (Fn) keys to quickly execute commands and
options.
• Take a keyboard with you whenever you travel with your
mobile computer.
In addition to this user’s guide, this package contains the
Targus ThumbPad Portable Keyboard and the keyboard driver
software CD.
Installing the Keyboard Driver
Before installing the driver software for the ThumbPad
keyboard, make sure that:
• You synchronize your mobile computer to back up your
files.
• You disable any previously installed keyboard software.
• Your mobile computer has at least 24K bytes of free
memory.
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Windows® Operating Systems
To install the driver for the ThumbPad keyboard on a computer
with the Windows® 95/98/Me/2000 or Windows NT® 4.0
operating system, do the following:
1 Insert the keyboard driver software CD into your
computer’s CD-ROM drive.
2 Click Start, Run, then enter D:\ThumbPad.prc (where D:
is the path of your CD-ROM drive) and then click OK.
The Install Tool program then installs the driver
software. When installation is complete, the Install Tool
window appears.
Sample Install Tool window
3 Click Done.
4 Connect your mobile computer to your desktop or
notebook computer and synchronize to copy the
keyboard driver to your mobile computer.
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After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard icon
appears in the Applications screen on your mobile
computer.
To complete installation, reset your mobile computer.
Macintosh® Operating System
To install the driver software for the ThumbPad keyboard on a
computer with the Macintosh 8.5.1 or greater operating system,
do the following:
1 Exit all active programs, including those in the Startup
folder, and disable any virus-scanning software.
2 Insert the keyboard driver software CD into your
computer’s CD-ROM drive.
The ThumbPad keyboard application folder is added to
your desktop.
NOTE: You may find it more convenient to drag the
ThumbPad.prc file into the folder where you store your
mobile computer applications, such as the Add-on folder.
3 Double-click the ThumbPad.prc file to launch the Install
Tool program.
Installation automatically begins. When it is complete,
you regain control of the Install Tool window.
4Click
5 Connect your mobile computer to your desktop or
To complete installation, reset your mobile computer.
Done.
notebook computer and synchronize to copy the
keyboard driver to your mobile computer.
After synchronization, the ThumbPad keyboard icon
appears in the Applications screen on your mobile
computer.
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Connecting the Keyboard to Your
Mobile Computer
After installing the keyboard driver, you can connect the
ThumbPad keyboard to your mobile computer. To do this:
1 Turn off your mobile computer (if it’s turned on).
2 Hold your mobile computer in one hand and the
ThumbPad keyboard in your other hand.
Holding your mobile computer and the ThumbPad keyboard
3 Align your mobile computer with the keyboard
connector, located at the top of the ThumbPad keyboard.
Keyboard
connector
Aligning your mobile computer with the keyboard connector
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