Nextel BlackBerry 6510, User Manual

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Formatting your messages
Handheld User Guide 47
2. Select a contact and click the trackwheel to view the menu. Click a send
method (either email or PIN). For this example, click Email .
3. While you are composing a message, hold a letter and roll the trackwheel to
scroll through the accents, symbols, or marks associated with that character.
When the preferred character appears, release the letter key.
Formatting your messages
Your handheld has features that can reduce your typing time. It also has an
AutoText feature that automatically replaces certain text that you type with
preprogrammed text.
Automatic capitalization
When you compose a message, you do not have to press a Shift key to capitalize
letters; your handheld has two methods of capitalizing letters.
• When you type, the first letter that you type is capitalized automatically.
When you type a period followed by a space, the next letter that you type is
capitalized. Your handheld recognizes the beginning of a new sentence and
capitalizes the letter for you. If you do not want the letter that follows a period
to be capitalized, type the letter and then press the
Backspace key. Type the
letter again.
• If you want to capitalize any other letter, press and hold that letter until it is
capitalized. For this feature to work, you must set the
Key Rate option on the
Screen/Keyboard screen to either Slow or Fast . Refer to "Screen/Keyboard" on
page 236 for more information.
Automatic punctuation
To insert a period automatically at the end of a sentence or word, press the Space
key twice. The next letter that you type is capitalized.
To insert a lowercase letter after a period, press the Backspace key and type the
letter again. The letter appears in lowercase.