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--- In colorvision_group@yahoogroups.com, CorrPro96@... wrote:
>
>  
> In a message dated 4/15/2007 2:26:59 PM Eastern Daylight Time,  
> colin_strong@... writes:
> 
> I can  use it to measure the colour 
> patches, using the "Enter" or "Return" key on  the keyboard, but I 
> should also be able to use the button on top of the  Spectro - but 
that 
> doesn't seem to do anything.  Am I doing something  wrong, or is 
this a 
> hardware fault?  
> 
> 
> Make sure Windows recognizes your spectro when you plug it into 
the USB  
> port. Sometimes the same thing happens to me, but I found that it 
is faster to  
> use the Enter key than to press the top of the spectro. My system 
is to turn the 
>  target upside down (I am right-handed) and pull the spectro in, 
rather than 
> push  it out. This allows me to more quickly position the eye of 
the spectro 
> over the  patches, and I tape down the corners of the target so 
that I don't 
> need my left  hand to hold the paper. I then use my left index 
finger to tap the 
> Enter key  as I pull the spectro to the next patch. I listen for 
the click 
> sound that  tells me the patch is read, and once I get the 
cadence, I am able to 
> zip through  a target sheet.
> HTH.... YMMV.
>  
> Richard (Brooklyn)
> 
> 
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Yes: Windows recognises that the Spectro is plugged in.  Your 
suggestion of taping the target down sounds good - I have found the 
main problem to be using one hand to hold it still, but also needing 
that hand to hit the "enter" key.

Colin (UK)