Chapter 3: Getting To Know The WORKABOUT PRO
Creating Uppercase Letters
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to press the [2] key three times. With the [ALPHA/ORANGE] key locked
‘on’, if you press [2] twice and then pause between key presses for 1 sec-
ond, the letter ‘b’ will be selected automaticall y.

3.5.5.2 Creating Uppercase Letters

To display capital letters, you need to first activate the [CAPS] key. You’ll find this
key in orange print above the [.] (period) key.
Press [ALPHA/ORANGE] followed by the [.] (period) key to turn on the
[CAPS] key.
All alpha keys are displayed in uppercase until you press [ALPHA/ORANGE] [.]
again to switch the [CAPS] key off.

3.5.5.3 Choosing Multiple Alpha Characters

Lock the [ALPHA/ORANGE] key ‘on’.
Each time you press a numeric key from [2] through [9], an alpha character will be
displayed on the screen. Remember that you can refer to the softkey bar for a visual
indication of which alpha key will be displayed on the screen.
Important: Once you have finished typing alpha characters, remember to
turn off or unlock the [ALPHA/ORANGE] ke y. Check the
shift-state indicator icon (refer to Figure3.7 on page 33) to make
to make certain that the key is turned off.

3.5.6 The Keypad Backlight

The intensity of the keypad backlight can be configured using the Backlight icon
accessed by tapping on Start>Settings. Refer to “Backlight” on page122 for details
about this option.
3.6 The Display

3.6.1 Adjusting The Backlight

The display backlight can be adjusted using the keyboard.
•Press the Backlight key [ ] to cycle from the lightest to darkest settings,
and then back to lightest. Press [ORANGE] [ ] to cycle backward from
darker to lighter.