Palm 700wx manual Understanding the keyboard backlight, Entering lowercase and uppercase letters

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TIP When using the keyboard, most people find it easiest to hold the smartphone with two hands and to use the tips of both thumbs to press the keys.

Understanding the keyboard backlight

Your smartphone includes a keyboard backlight for low light conditions. The keyboard backlight is activated automatically when the screen turns on. The backlight turns off automatically when the screen turns off or when you are on a call or playing music in the background for longer than the time specified in Backlight Settings. You can set different time intervals depending on whether the smartphone is operating on battery power or is connected to an external power source. The backlight also turns off when an application’s power-saving features turn it off.

TIP You can change the backlight shut-off interval. Press Start and select Settings. Select the System tab, and then select Backlight. Set the time interval on the

Battery Power tab and on the External Power tab.

Entering lowercase and uppercase letters

By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalized and the remaining text you enter is lowercase. To enter other uppercase letters, do one of the following:

•Press Shift , and then enter a letter. You don’t need to press and hold Shift while entering a letter.

•Press Shift twice to turn on Caps Lock, and then enter a series of letters. When Caps Lock is on, this symbol

appears at the bottom of the screen: . To turn off Caps Lock, press Shift again.

Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols

Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of the following:

•Press Option , and then press the key of the desired character. You don’t need to hold Option while pressing the key.

•Press Option twice to turn on Option Lock, and then press the

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