L E A R N I N G T H E B A S I C S
Entering lowercase and 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 then enter a letter. You don’t need to press and hold Shift while entering a letter.
■Press Shift 
twice to turn on Caps Lock, and then enter a series of letters. When Caps Lock is on, this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen: 
. To turn off Caps Lock, press Shift 
again.
Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols
Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of the following:
■Press Option 
, and then press the key of the desired character. You don’t need to hold Option while pressing the key.
■Press Option 
twice to turn on Option Lock, and then press the desired keys to enter a series of characters. When Option Lock is on, this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen: 
. To turn off Option Lock, press Option 
again.
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