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Enter uppercase letters
By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalized and the
remaining text you enter is lowercase. To enter other uppercase letters, do
one of the following:
•
Press
Shift
and press the letter key. The Shift symbol appears:
don't need to hold down Shift while you press the letter key.
•
Turn on Caps Lock: Press
Shift
appears:
.
•
Turn off Caps Lock: Press
Shift
Enter alternate keyboard characters
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To
enter these characters, do one of the following:
•
Press the
orange
key and press the key for the character. The alternate
character symbol appears:
. You don't need to hold down the
key
while pressing the second key.
•
Enter a series of alternate characters: Press the
turn on Option Lock. The Option Lock symbol appears:
•
Turn off Option Lock: Press the
orange
Enter passwords
You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful.
Be sure Caps Lock and alternate character lock are off unless you need them.
For information on how to enter characters, see
Enter alternate keyboard
characters.
Enter characters from the symbols table
You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the
keys by using the symbols table. See
list of the available symbols and accented characters.
. You
twice. The Caps Lock symbol
.
orange
orange
key twice to
.
key.
Enter uppercase letters
Symbols and accented characters
for a
1
Press
Sym
2
Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character
you want. For example, to enter an é, press e. See the table below for a
list of corresponding characters.
The symbols and accented characters are grouped according to their
TIP
similarity to the corresponding key. In some cases, the symbol is related to the
alternate character on the key, not the letter. For example, to type a € or other
currency symbol, press
key is $.
TIP
If you press the wrong key, press
symbols and accented characters. You can then press another key.
3
Scroll to find the character you want.
4
Tap the character to insert it.
Symbols and accented characters
Table 2. Symbols and accented characters
Press Sym
and
press...
a or A
b or B
c or C
and
d or D
e or E
h or H
i or I
j or J
k or K
to display the symbols table.
Sym
+ h. Why? Because the alternate character on the H
Backspace
to return to the full list of
to select...
á à ä â ã å æ Á À Ä Â Ã Å Æ ª ~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [ ] { } < >
« » Ø μ |
~ \ ` • ÷ ^ [ ] { } < > « » Ø μ |
© ç Ç ¢
† ‡
é è ë ê ē É È Ë Ê € ¹ ¼ ½
¢ € £ ¥ ƒ
í ì ï î Í Ì Ï Î ÷ ‰
¡
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