HTC Dash 3G manual Using the Qwerty Keyboard

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1.10  Using the QWERTY Keyboard

You can enter text, numbers, and symbols using the QWERTY keyboard. The status indicator on the top-right side of the display screen displays the input mode that you are currently using.

Lowercase text input	Numeric or symbol input
Uppercase text input, caps lock	XT9 text input mode, lowercase
Uppercase text input	XT9 text input mode, uppercase
Numeric or symbol input, locked	XT9 text input mode, caps lock

Press to toggle between uppercase, lowercase, and locked input when in any mode. You can also do the following with the QWERTY keyboard.

•To type lowercase letters, press the keys using your thumbs or fingers.

•To use a single uppercase letter, press and then press the corresponding key.

•To use all uppercase letters, press + . To change back to all lowercase letters, press .

•To enter a number, symbol or punctuation that is printed at the upper-right corner of a key, press and then press the corresponding key.

•To continuously enter numbers, symbols or punctuation that are printed at the upper-right corner of the keys, press twice and then press the corresponding keys. Press again to exit continuous input mode.

•To open the Symbol table and insert numbers, symbols, special characters, or punctuation, press .

•To backspace and delete a single character, press or BACK.

•To delete several characters, press and hold or BACK.

•Press to enter a space.

• While entering text, press +	to display the text input options
menu.