Palm 700wx User Guide - Page 31

Entering other symbols and accented characters, characters that don't appear on the keys

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CHAPTER MOVING AROUND ON YOUR SMARTPHONE 2 • Press Option (this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen), 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. Entering other symbols and accented characters You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the keys using the alternate characters list. 1 Press Alt to display the alternate character list. 2 Narrow the list by pressing the key that corresponds to the character you want. For example, to enter an é, press e. See the table on the next page for a list of corresponding characters. TIP The alternate characters are grouped according to their similarity to the corresponding key. For example, the alternate characters available for the e key are and ê. If you press the wrong key, press Backspace to return to the full list of alternate characters. You can then press another key. DID YOU KNOW? If you don't know which key to press to narrow the list when entering a symbol, you can scroll through the full list until you find the character you want. 3 Press Up or Down to highlight the desired character. 4 Press Center character. to insert the U S I N G T H E K E Y B O A R D 23

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MOVING AROUND ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
USING THE KEYBOARD
23
2
CHAPTER
Press
Option
(this symbol
appears
at the bottom of the screen), 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.
Entering other symbols and accented
characters
You can enter symbols and accented
characters that don’t appear on the keys
using the alternate characters list.
1
Press
Alt
to display the alternate
character list.
2
Narrow the list by pressing the key that
corresponds to the character you want.
For example, to enter an é, press
e
. See
the table on the next page for a list of
corresponding characters.
3
Press
Up
or
Down
to highlight the
desired character.
4
Press
Center
to insert the
character.
TIP
The alternate characters are grouped
according to their similarity to the
corresponding key. For example, the alternate
characters available for the e key are é, è, ë,
and ê. If you press the wrong key, press
Backspace
to return to the full list of alternate
characters. You can then press another key.
DID
YOU
KNOW
?
If you don’t know which key to
press to narrow the list when entering a
symbol, you can scroll through the full list until
you find the character you want.