Palm 500V User Guide - Page 35

MOVING AROUND ON YOUR PALM® TREO™ 500V SMARTPHONE 3 CHAPTER The address and subject lines in an email, text, or multimedia message you compose, as well as the message body, are also text-entry fields. TIP Some fields that display a right arrow-for example, the Attendees field in Calendar or the Categories field in Contacts or Tasks-are selection fields, not text-entry fields. In a selection field, press Centre or Right to view additional options. TIP If a field displays both a right and a left arrow, it is not a text-entry field. Instead, it is a field for which a list is available (see Selecting options in a list). Entering lowercase and uppercase letters By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalised and the remaining text you enter is lowercase. In some cases, the initial capital letter does not appear until after you finish typing the first word and press Space or Enter . To enter other uppercase letters, do one of the following: • Press Shift and enter a letter. You don't need to press and hold Shift while entering a letter. • Press Shift twice to turn on Caps Lock, and then enter a series of letters. When Caps Lock is on, this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen: . To turn off Caps Lock, press Shift again. Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of the following: • Press Option , and then press the key of the desired character. You don't need to hold Option while pressing the key. • Press Option twice to turn on Option Lock, and then press the desired keys to enter a series of characters. When Option Lock is on, this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen: . To turn off Option Lock, press Option again. U S I N G T H E K E Y B O A R D 35