Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode
1.Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode”on page 43.)
2.Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the desired letter appears. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”
press ABC twice, | GHI three times, JKL three times, |
and then press JKL | three times again.) (If you make a |
mistake, press | to erase a single character. Press and |
hold to delete an entire entry.)
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lowercased. After a character is entered, thecursor automatically advances to the next space after two seconds or when you enter a character on a different key.
Characters scroll in the following order:
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ABC | . , @ 1 ? ! * # / | a b c 2 |
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DEF | D E F 3 | d e f 3 |
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GHI | G H I 4 | g h i 4 |
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JKL | J K L 5 | j k l 5 |
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MNO | M N O 6 | m n o 6 |
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PQRS | P Q R S 7 | p q r s 7 |
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TUV | T U V 8 | t u v 8 |
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WXYZ | W X Y Z 9 | w x y z 9 |
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Space | Space |
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Shift | Caps Lock | Unshifted | ||
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Tip: | The beginning of the word after the space is changed to |
| upper/lower case depending on shiftmode.You can change the |
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