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Entering Characters Using AlphabetMode
1.Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode”on page 39.)
2.Press the corresponding key repeatedly until the desired letter appears. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”
press twice,
three times,
three times,
and then press three times again.) (If you make a mistake, press
to erase a single character. Press and hold
to delete an entire word.)
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lowercased. After a character is entered, the cursor 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 initial letters of words following spaces can be either |
| upper- or lowercase depending on shift mode.You can change |
| the shift mode by pressing [shift*]. |
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