HTC DIAM400 user manual Selecting an Input Method, Using the Full Qwerty, Icon Input method

46  Entering Text

4.1  Selecting an Input Method

When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the Input Panel icon becomes available on the menu bar.

Tap the Input Selector arrow (that appears next to the Input Panel icon) to open a menu where you can select a text input method and customize input options. After selecting a text input method, the corresponding Input Panel is displayed, which you can use to enter text.

Tip Select Other Input Methods to display more input methods.

To show or hide the Input Panel, tap the Input Panel icon.

Input Panel  (Full QWERTY)

Key when pressed

Input Panel icon

Input Selector arrow Text input methods

Icon Input method

Full QWERTY

Compact QWERTY

Phone Keypad

Icon Input method

Letter Recognizer or 

Block Recognizer

Transcriber

Keyboard

Notes • Some text input methods may not be available in certain language versions of the device.

•When in landscape mode, the Compact QWERTY and Phone Keypad are not available.

4.2  Using the Full QWERTY

The Full QWERTY is a full on-screen QWERTY keyboard layout similar to a desktop PC keyboard.

Tip You can also use the Windows Mobile on-screen keyboard which also has a QWERTY keyboard layout by selecting Keyboard (or Other Input Methods > Keyboard) on the Text input method menu.

•Tap to enter letters or symbols.

•Tap and hold to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that

appears on top of a key

•Tap to enter an uppercase letter.

•Tap twice to turn on Caps Lock.

Tap to toggle between using Normal or T9 mode.

Displays the word candidate list in T9 mode. Tap a word to insert it into your text. Tap to add a word to the T9 dictionary.

Tap to delete the previous character.

Tap to create a new line.

Tap to open a keyboard layout that lets you easily enter numbers and symbols.  

See “Using Numeric and Symbol mode” for details.