To pause data entry press
Ctrl+P; click
on the toolbar; or from the
Mode menu select
Pause.
Whenever you are in
Add,
Modify, or
Verify mode, a timer is running. This timer is used to generate the
operator statistics for the data entry session.
Pause (Ctrl+P) stops the timer until you either resume typing or press Ctrl+P again.
The timer affects the calculation of keystrokes/hour. If you need to leave the computer for a few minutes, but are in the middle of a session, you should pause data entry so that time will not be counted against you.