Blackberry RIM 857 Wireless Handheld Installation & User Manual page 74

74 Composing and sending messages — Automatic formatting
Auto punctuation
You can insert a period automatically at the end of a sentence or
word by pressing the
be capitalized.
Email fields
You can type an email address in an Email field of the Address
Entry screen without pressing the
address; instead of pressing
press the
SPACE
'.' character will be inserted.
To insert a blank space into the Email field, press
then press
SPACE
time you press the
Number fields
You can type numbers in the PIN, Work, Home, Mobile, Pager, and
Fax fields without pressing the
To type a number in one of these fields, simply press the associated
character key. For example, to display the number '4', press the 'R'
key. These fields support all numeric characters and the '-', '+', 'x'
and '.' characters without pressing the
Note
Number lock
You can activate number lock (num lock) mode to type numbers
without holding down the
lock mode is activated and you can enter numbers in any screen.
Press
SHIFT
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SPACE
key to do so. When you press the
again. A blank space appears in the field. The next
key, the '@' sign appears.
SPACE
To enter hexadecimal characters, you must press the ALT
key when pressing the associated letter. For example, to
enter an 'e' in the PIN field, press and hold the ALT key
while pressing the E key.
ALT
or again to turn off num lock mode
ALT
key twice. The next letter you type will
key! Begin typing an email
ALT
+ to insert the '@' sign, simply
ALT L
key.
ALT
key.
ALT
key. Press
ALT
key again, a
SPACE
BACKSPACE
+ (left
CAP SHIFT
and
). Num