Entering Numerals, Letters, Special Characters, And Symbols - VTech ET685 Administrator And Provisioning Manual

On phone screens where you are keying in entries, the current input mode is indicated
underneath the cursor. Press the left function key underneath the display to switch to the
input mode indicated by the symbol directly above it in the function key line.

Entering numerals, letters, special characters, and symbols

When entering letters and special characters, pause briefly after each character until the
cursor has moved forward so that you won't overwrite the last character you entered.
Pausing is not necessary when entering numerals.
Numerals: In numeral mode, press the respective number key to type the number printed
on the key.
Letters: When in input modes lower and upper case letters, press the alphanumeric key
with the respective letter one, two, three, or four times quickly to type the first, second, third,
or fourth letter printed on the key. Pause briefly after each letter.
Example: In lower case letter mode, press the "2" key once to type an "a", twice to type a
"b", and three times to type a "c".
Letters with accents and umlauts: When in input modes lower and upper case letters,
press the alphanumeric key with the basic form of the respective letter as many times as
necessary. Pause briefly after each letter. Available letters with accents and umlauts
depend on the phone's language setting.
Example: If the phone language is German, press key "2" four times to type "ä".
Entering special characters and symbols: In input modes lower and upper case letters,
press keys "0" and "1" one or more times quickly. Pause briefly after each character or
symbol.
Period. Press "1" once.
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Space (" "). Press "0" once.
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Underscore ("_"). Press "0" twice.
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Special characters listed in the following table. Press "1" as many times as
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indicated:
Phone Menu Reference
Text underneath cursor
= current input mode
ET685 Administrator and Provisioning Manual
Press function key to switch to input mode
indicated by symbol in function key line
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