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4.2  Using the Hardware Keyboard

You can do the following with the hardware keyboard:

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

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

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

To enter the symbol or punctuation mark, or launch the program or command that is printed at the

upper right corner of a key, press , then press the corresponding key.

To open the Symbol Pad, press .

Press to insert a hard return while typing.

Press the arrow keys / / / for directional movement.

Press to open the Messaging program.

Press and hold , then press to open the Comm Manager.

4.3  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.

To enter text using the Full QWERTY

1.Start a program that accepts text input, such as Word Mobile.

2.Tap the Input Selector arrow, then tap Full QWERTY.

3.Start tapping keys on the keyboard as you would on a PC keyboard to enter your text. To learn how to enter text using T9 mode, see “Using Multitap and T9 modes” in this chapter.

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