Enter And Save Information - Palm PRE 2 User Manual

Enter and save information

Use the keyboard
1 Option: Press to enter numbers, punctuation, and symbols that appear above the letters on
the keys (see Enter alternate keyboard
gestures).
2 Shift: See Enter uppercase letters
3 Space
4 Backspace
5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are
composing) or to accept information you entered in a field (see
6 Sym: See Enter characters from the symbols
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
don't need to hold down Shift while you press the letter key.
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characters), or to move the cursor (see
and Text selection gestures.
Enter information in a
table.
appears. You
• Turn on Caps Lock: Press
appears.
• Turn off Caps Lock: Press
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 Option
character symbol
pressing the second key.
• Enter a series of alternate characters: Press
Option Lock. The Option Lock symbol
• Turn off Option Lock: Press
Enter passwords
You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful.
Text selection
Be sure Caps Lock and Option Lock are off unless you need them. For
information on how to enter characters, see
Enter alternate keyboard
Enter characters from the symbols table
field).
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.
1 Press
2 Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character
you want. For example, to enter an é, press e.
Shift twice. The Caps Lock symbol
.
and press the key for the character. The alternate
appears. You don't need to hold down Option while
Option
appears.
Option .
Enter uppercase letters
characters.
Symbols and accented characters
Sym to display the symbols table.
twice to turn on
and
for a