Polycom SpectraLink 8440 User Manual page 33

To enter letters and numbers:
Press the Encoding soft key to display a shortcut menu with the following data entry options:
• Uppercase (ABC)
• Numerical (123)
• Leading caps (Abc Def)
• Lowercase (abc)
Press a keypad key one or more times to enter the characters or numbers that display on the key.
For example, if you're in ABC mode:
• To enter A, press 2
• To enter B, press 22
• To enter C, press 222
• To enter 2, press 2222
For example, if you're in 123 mode:
• To enter 2, press 2.
To enter special characters:
1 Select one of the alphabetic options from the Encoding soft key menu. You cannot access special
characters when you are in Numerical (123) mode.
The mode you select displays in the screen title.
2 Use the asterisk (*) or zero (0) to enter characters:
* = . * # - & % + ;
0 = / , _ $ - = ? 0
To enter text in a special language:
Press the Encoding soft key to display a shortcut menu of the available language options:
• ASCII Regular text
• Latin To add accented characters, for example é.
• Katakan Japanese characters
• Unicode Stores characters as double bites
• Cyrillic Russian
Press a key one or more times to enter the character you want.
May, 2011 | 1725-36720-001_RevA
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