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Deleting characters, Changing letter case modes, Entering numbers, Inserting special characters

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Send and receive mobile messages Deleting characters When you need to delete characters use one of these methods: • To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press Clear. • To delete all characters in the message, press and hold Clear. Changing letter case modes You can switch (toggle) between uppercase letter mode by pressing the Pound key . and lowercase If the predictive text mode is active and you don't wait at least 1.5 seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switched between traditional and predictive text. If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first letter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase. Entering numbers When you enter numbers, use either of these methods: • For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key. • For many numbers, change to number entry mode (press and hold the Pound key ) and enter the numbers as usual. Inserting special characters 15 • To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press and hold the Star key , or press Options, scroll to Insert symbol, then press Select. • To insert a period (.) quickly, press the 1 key . To insert double hyphens (--) quickly or three dots (an ellipsis...), press the 1 key a few times. Templates Note: Templates are available in English only. A template is a predefined, commonly used sentence that you can quickly insert into a message: [ 69 ]

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Send and receive mobile messages
15
Deleting characters
When you need to delete characters use one of these methods:
•
To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press
Clear
.
•
To delete all characters in the message, press and hold
Clear
.
Changing letter case modes
You can switch (toggle) between uppercase
and lowercase
letter mode by pressing the Pound key
.
If the predictive text mode is active and you don’t wait at least 1.5
seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switched
between traditional and predictive text.
If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first
letter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase.
Entering numbers
When you enter numbers, use either of these methods:
•
For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key.
•
For many numbers, change to number entry mode
(press and hold
the Pound key
) and enter the numbers as usual.
Inserting special characters
•
To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press and
hold the Star key
, or press
Options
, scroll to
Insert symbo
l,
then press
Select
.
•
To insert a period (
.
) quickly, press the 1 key
. To insert double
hyphens (
--
) quickly or three dots (an ellipsis
...
), press the 1 key
a few times.
Templates
Note:
Templates are available in English only.
A template is a predefined, commonly used sentence that you can quickly
insert into a message: