Navigating Windows Phone

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Enter text
This section outlines how to select the
desired text input mode when entering
characters into your phone. This section also
describes how to use the on-screen keyboard
to ease the text entry method.
Here are some tips for using the on-screen
keyboard and text suggestions.

Keyboard overview

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2 3 4
1 shift and caps lock
2 numbers and symbols
3 emoticons
4 enter
5 delete

To find numbers and symbols

When you tap the Numbers and symbols key
, you'll see: 0-9 , common punctuation and
common symbols.
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NOTES
• In Messaging, if you tap the Numbers key from
the To: line, you'll get a dial pad so you can easily
type a phone number.

To find more symbols

Tap More from the numbers keyboard
to show more symbols, including foreign
currency symbols, mathematical symbols, and
a few other useful ones.

To find still more symbols

Some of the symbol keys can bring up yet
more symbols. Tap and hold to see more
options. For example, if you tap and hold the
left parentheses key (, you'll see left angle
bracket <, left brace {, and left square bracket
[, too.

To use emoticons (smiley faces)

When you're typing an email or SMS
message, your keyboard offers two full pages
of smiley faces. Tap the Happy face to see
the first screen, then tap More to see
the rest.