Motorola MOTO Q Sprint Quick Start Guide - Page 62

Text Entry Tips, E: Entering Text - phone help

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ⅷ Secondary key entry (Ã) - In this mode, the next key you press will cause the character at the top of the key to appear. After that, your device returns to primary key entry mode. This mode is best for entering a single digit or one of the punctuation marks or symbols that appear at the tops of the keys on your device keypad. ⅷ Secondary key lock (Ä) - In this mode, the keys you press will cause the character at the top of the key to appear until you change text entry modes by pressing the ALT key ( ). This mode is best for entering strings of digits, like phone numbers. Text Entry Tips When you are entering text, these tips will help you: ⅷ To backspace and delete a single character in any input mode, press the Back key (À). ⅷ To backspace and delete an entire text or numeric field in any input mode, press and hold the Back key (À). ⅷ To enter a symbol that does not appear on your keypad, press the ALT key ( ) and then the Caps key (Â). The Symbols page displays, giving you many symbols to choose from. Navigate to highlight the symbol you the symbol you want and then press the Center Select key (s) to select it. ⅷ To start a new line, press Enter (Á). 54 Section 2E: Entering Text

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Section 2E: Entering Text
³
Secondary key entry (
Ã
) – In this mode, the next key you
press will cause the character at the top of the key to
appear. After that, your device returns to primary key
entry mode. This mode is best for entering a single digit or
one of the punctuation marks or symbols that appear at
the tops of the keys on your device keypad.
³
Secondary key lock (
Ä
) – In this mode, the keys you press
will cause the character at the top of the key to appear
until you change text entry modes by pressing the
ALT
key (
). This mode is best for entering strings of
digits, like phone numbers.
Text Entry Tips
When you are entering text, these tips will help you:
³
To backspace and delete a single character in any input
mode, press the
Back
key (
À
).
³
To backspace and delete an entire text or numeric field in
any input mode, press and hold the
Back
key (
À
).
³
To enter a symbol that does not appear on your keypad,
press the
ALT
key (
) and then the
Caps
key (
Â
). The
Symbols page displays, giving you many symbols to
choose from. Navigate to highlight the symbol you the
symbol you want and then press the
Center Select
key (
s
)
to select it.
³
To start a new line, press
Enter
(
Á
).