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Modes Menu

The Modes pull-down menu simplifies entering line position (top, bottom, middle or fill) and display mode codes into a message. The Modes pull-down menu has 26 display modes to choose from.

• Automode - Characters enter, display and exit under control of randomly selected display modes.
• Roll (Up, Down, Left, Right, In, Out) - Characters move onto the display down from the top (Roll Down), up from the bottom (Roll Up), from the right end to the left (Roll Left), from the left end to the right (Roll Right), horizontally (vertically on some models) to the center (Roll In), horizontally (vertically on some models) from the center out (Roll Out).
• Wipe (Up, Down, Left, Right, In, Out) - Characters are revealed as each horizontal row or vertical column of pixels is lighted row by row or column by column - from the top row of the character down (Wipe Down), from the bottom row of the character up (Wipe Up), from the left column of the message to the right (Wipe Right), from the right column of the message to the left (Wipe Left), horizontally (vertically on some models) from the center out (Wipe Out), or horizontally (vertically on some models) to the center (Wipe In).
• Scroll - Characters move up onto the display from the bottom, and any displayed characters move up and off the display.
• Rotate - Characters travel from right to left across the display in the familiar stock market ticker display mode.
• Hold - Characters display without effects or motion for a specified length of time. The length of time the message stays on the screen is determined by the Speed code.
• Flash - All characters blink on and off simultaneously several times.
• Twinkle - The pixels of the displayed characters oscillate their intensity.
• Sparkle - New characters appear as their pixels turn on randomly and pixels in existing characters randomly turn off.
• Snow - Lighted pixels sprinkle down from the top pixel row, building new characters from the bottom up, like accumulating snow.
• Interlock - The 2nd, 4th, and 6th horizontal rows of pixels in the characters move rapidly from the left end to the right, while the 1st, 3rd, 5th, and 7th horizontal rows of pixels move rapidly from the right end to the left, forming the message on the display.
• Switch - Every other character, i.e., the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th, etc., moves onto the display from the top down, as the remaining characters move onto the display from the bottom up, pausing momentarily to display the message.
• Slide - Characters slide rapidly across the display, one at a time, from right to left, building the message from left to right.
• Spray - The pixels of characters move across the display from right to left in a spray effect, forming the characters from left to right.
• Cycle Color -- On some models, Cycle Color replaces the Slide or Spray mode. Each horizontal row of pixels in the message phrase is displayed in a color that changes four times a second, followed by a momentary pause, displaying the message phrase in one of the six color patterns - red, green, yellow, rainbow1, rainbow2 or mix.
• Starburst - Several star-patterns display randomly, then form new characters, replacing any previously displayed characters.

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