Palm P121VZW User Guide - Page 28

5 Enter: Press to enter a line return (for example, in a memo or in an email message you are composing) or to accept information you entered in a field. See Enter information in a field. 6 Sym: See Enter characters from the symbols table. Enter uppercase letters By default, the first letter of each sentence or field is capitalized and the remaining text you enter is lowercase. To enter other uppercase letters, do one of the following: • Press Shift and press the letter key. The Shift symbol appears: don't need to hold down Shift while you press the letter key. • Turn on Caps Lock: Press Shift appears: . twice. The Caps Lock symbol • Turn off Caps Lock: Press Shift . . You Enter alternate keyboard characters Numbers, punctuation, and symbols appear above the letters on the keys. To enter these characters, do one of the following: • Press Option and press the key for the character. The alternate character symbol appears: . You don't need to hold down Option while pressing the second key. • Enter a series of alternate characters: Press Option twice to turn on Option Lock. The Option Lock symbol appears: . • Turn off Option Lock: Press Option . Enter passwords You can see each character of a password only as you enter it, so be careful. Be sure Caps Lock and Option Lock are off unless you need them. For information on how to enter characters, see Enter uppercase letters and Enter alternate keyboard characters. 28 Chapter 2 : Basics Enter characters from the symbols table You can enter symbols and accented characters that don't appear on the keys by using the symbols table. See Symbols and accented characters for a list of the available symbols and accented characters. 1 Press Sym to display the symbols table. 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 below for a list of corresponding characters. TIP The symbols and accented characters are grouped according to their similarity to the corresponding key. In some cases, the symbol is related to the alternate character on the key, not the letter. For example, to type a ¢ or other currency symbol, press Sym + h. Why? Because the alternate character on the H key is $. TIP If you press the wrong key, press Backspace to return to the full list of symbols and accented characters. You can then press another key. 3 Scroll to find the character you want. 4 Tap the character to insert it. Symbols and accented characters Table 2. Symbols and accented characters Press Sym press... a or A b or B c or C d or D e or E and to select...