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Table 5. Input States and their Indicators

 

 

 

 

 

 

Icon

State

Keypad

Function

Model(s)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Normal

 

Present only on keypads with an <Alpha> key. It appears when Alpha or CAPS

 

 

 

(Numeric)

26-key

 

 

 

modes are not on.

 

 

 

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press <Alpha> to enter lower case alpha characters and symbols. When in Alpha

 

 

 

Alpha

26-key

mode, the current alpha character is displayed by a keyboard indicator.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Mode

Alpha mode is persistent, which means that the system stays in Alpha mode until

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

you press <Alpha> again.

 

 

 

 

 

Press <Fn> + <Alpha> to activate CAPS mode. CAPS mode generates upper

 

 

 

 

26-key

case alpha characters A-Z.

 

 

 

 

 

CAPS mode is persistent; press the <Fn> + <Alpha> keys again to generate

 

 

 

CAPS

 

lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Press <Fn> + <Shift> to activate Caps mode. Caps mode generates upper case

 

 

 

Mode

 

 

 

 

 

alpha characters A-Z.

 

 

 

 

48-key

 

 

 

 

52-key

CAPS mode is normally persistent; you must press <Fn> + <Shift> again to gen-

 

 

 

 

erate lower case characters. Punctuation keys are not affected. If CAPS is active,

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

and SHIFT is active, no icon is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

Press <Fn> to enter FN mode.

 

 

 

Fn Mode

26-key

<Fn> is independent of <Alpha>. Use FN mode to access the features and oper-

 

 

 

 

ations on the keypad.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48-key

Fn mode converts alpha keys to punctuation and function keys. Fn mode is acti-

 

 

 

 

52-key

vated by pressing <Fn>.

 

 

 

 

 

Shift mode converts characters to upper-case letters or punctuation. Activated by

 

 

 

Shift

48-key

pressing <Shift>. This state expires after a normal key is pressed unless <Shift>

 

 

 

is held down.

 

 

 

Mode

52-key

 

 

 

Toggles to make the next alpha character capitalized. If Shift state is active when

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

the Caps State is active, no icon is displayed.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

48-key

On the 48-key keypad, converts keys to system keys that allow users to access

 

 

 

Alt Mode

the menu. Activated by pressing <Alt>. This state expires after a normal key is

 

 

 

52-key

 

 

 

 

pressed unless <Alt> is held down.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Set keyboard shortcuts with <Ctrl>. You can perform functions such as Save

 

 

 

Ctrl Mode

48-key

(Ctrl-s) and Find (Ctrl-f). Toggle on and off for text formatting (for example, Ctrl-b

 

 

 

 

 

for bold, Ctrl-ifor italics, Ctrl-ufor underline).

 

 

 

 

 

 

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