Understanding Your Device 45
Changing the Text Input Mode
There are two main keyboard layout keys that will change
the onscreen keys within the QWERTY keyboard.
The available Text Input modes are:
Sym
and
Abc
.
Note:
When in
ABC
mode, the
Sym
button appears. When in
Sym
mode, the
ABC
button appears.
Using ABC Mode
1.
If desired, rotate your device counterclockwise to a
Landscape orientation.
2.
Touch the desired alphabetic characters.
3.
The screen initially opens in ABC mode. After typing the
first letter, the shift key (
) will change to
and
following letters will be lowercase.
4.
Touch
to input another uppercase letter or double-
tap
to switch to ABC mode. The shift key will
change to
in ABC mode. All following letters will
be uppercase until you touch the shift key again.
Symbol/Numeric Mode
: Activates the number,
symbol, and emoticon keys.
ABC Mode
: Activates the default alphabet keys.
Can also be set to
Abc
or
abc
by using the shift
(
)
key.
Sym
Sym
ABC
ABC