Alphasmart as 3000 User Guide

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Beaming and Receiving with Beamer
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Beaming from one AlphaSmart device to another
7. Make sure the receiving device is turned on, within three feet of 
the beaming device, ready to receive, and that both devices have 
their infrared ports pointing at each other.
8. Beam the file by pressing 
send
 on the beaming device.
Beamer starts beaming the file to the receiving device. 
Receiving a beamed file on an AlphaSmart device
Receiving a beamed file from another AlphaSmart device is just as 
easy as beaming it.
To receive a beamed file from an AlphaSmart device on an 
AlphaSmart device:
1. On the receiving AlphaSmart device, follow steps 2 through 4 
2. Select Receive from the Beamer screen. One of two things 
happens:
If the receiving device contains data on the clipbard, the 
following screen appears:
If there’s no data on the clipboard, or if device hasn’t been set 
to warn about overwriting the clipboard (see “Thinking about 
the clipboard” on page 4),
 the following screen appears:
There is data currently on the 
clipboard. Press the enter key to
overwrite the data.
(Press esc key to cancel)
Ready to receive a file.
(Press esc key to cancel)