Question about entry shortcuts in the date field

[Colin Law]

On 17 November 2011 17:17, David Carlson <carlson.dl at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
> Hi,  I recently noticed that when I use my laptop which does not have a
> separate numeric keypad, If I use shift = to make a plus key, the date
> increments by 7 days.
> In fact, since there is no separate plus key, I cannot use the keyboard
> to increment the date by one day.  I never try to enable the embedded
> numeric keypad on that keyboard, because it confuses me too much.
>
> I like the idea of shift plus and shift minus changing the date by a
> week when I do have a separate keypad.  However, That behavior is not
> listed on page 35 of the concepts guide with the list of entry shortcuts.
>
> Is there a way to fix the program and the concepts guide both to work
> correctly when the embedded keypad is off?

For me (on Ubuntu)  = increments by one day and - decrements by one
day, shift = (ie +) and shift - by seven days.

Colin