Understanding Your Phone 35
Changing the Text Input Mode
There are three main keyboard layout keys that change the
on-screen keys within the QWERTY keyboard.
The available Text Input modes are:
Note:
When in
abcd
mode, the
&123
key appears. When in
&123
mode, the
abcd
key appears.
Using Alphabetic Mode
Whenever you enter text (while creating a message, an
email, and so on), if desired, rotate your phone
counterclockwise to a landscape orientation.
A screen similar to the following displays:
The Text Input mode is initially set to
abcd
mode.
Note:
Some Text Input screens display black keys on a
light background.
1.
Touch the desired alphabetic characters. After typing
the first letter, the following letters are lowercase.
2.
Touch
to input another uppercase letter. Touch
twice to switch to caps lock mode and the shift
key changes to
. All following letters are
uppercase until you touch
again.
Symbol and Number Mode
: Activates the symbol
and number keys.
Alphabetic Mode
: Activates the default alphabet
keys. Switch between uppercase and lowercase by
touching the shift (
)
key.
Emoticons
: Activates the Emoticon keys.
&123
abcd
