Sending and reading SMS messages
Handheld User Guide 83
Tips for sending and reading SMS messages
Composing messages
•Press C to compose a new message on the Home screen or in the Messages or Saved
Messages applications.
•Hold ALT and roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any application in which you can
type or view text.
•Press SPACE twice to insert a period when you are typing text (the letter that follows the
period is capitalized automatically).
•Type the first letters of the name, or the initials separated by a space, to find a specific contact
on the To screen.
•Hold a letter to capitalize it (you must have Key Rate enabled).
•When you are typing text or composing a message, hold a letter and roll the trackwheel to
scroll through the accents, symbols, or marks that are associated with that character. When
the desired character appears, release the letter.
•When you are composing a message, press br + SPACE to type an opening parenthesis. Press
rb + SPACE to type a closing parenthesis.
•When you are composing a message, press ld + SPACE to type the current date. Press lt +
SPACE to type the current time.
•Press ALT + RIGHT SHIFT to turn on CAP-lock mode. Press SHIFT again to turn it off.
•Press LEFT SHIFT + ALT to turn on NUM-lock mode. Press ALT again to turn it off.
Using cut, copy, and paste
•Press ALT and click the trackwheel to enter selection mode.
•Hold SHIFT and roll the trackwheel to select the next character. Roll the trackwheel to select
the line of text.
•In selection mode, press ALT and click the trackwheel to copy the selected text or character.
•In selection mode, press BACKSPACE to delete the selected text or character.
•Press ESC to exit selection mode.
•Press SHIFT and click the trackwheel to paste the selection.
Reading messages
•To open messages quickly, on the Messages screen, press ENTER or double-click the
trackwheel.
•Hold ALT and roll the trackwheel to move up or down a page on the Messages screen.
•Press ENTER to move down a page in an open message. Press ALT + ENTER to move up a
page.