Sony Ericsson P990i User Guide - Page 29

Changing input type, Inserting symbols, displayed in lowercase.

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characters associated with that key, then these will be shown in a pre-edit box in the title area: If the same key is pressed again, the next character in the pre-edit box will be selected. (The pre-edit box will be displayed on screen for as long as you have the key depressed.) When the key is released, the highlighted character will be selected. Press to delete the character or spaces to the left of the cursor. Press and hold to delete several characters and then whole words. Press the the cursor. to enter a character space to the right of Changing input type You can change your text input type as described in the list below. Icons are displayed in the status bar to show selected input type: Aa First letter upper case Press once followed by, for example, E to write a capital E. Any additional keys pressed will be displayed in lowercase. A All upper case Press twice for caps-lock. Any additional keys pressed will be displayed in uppercase until is pressed again to remove caps-lock. 12 Press once followed by, for example, E to type the number 3. Any additional keys pressed will display the standard characters on the keys. 123 All upper characters Press twice to lock the coloured characters. Any additional keys pressed will type the coloured characters until is pressed again. Note: Simultaneously pressing with a character key will insert an uppercase character. Releasing after this action will revert the case to lowercase. The same principle applies when and a key is pressed to access a symbol from a key. Inserting symbols There are a number of ways to insert symbols with the keyboard. P990i Getting to know your phone 29 This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use.

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P990i
Getting to know your phone
29
This is the Internet version of the user guide. © Print only for private use.
characters associated with that key, then these will be
shown in a pre-edit box in the title area:
If the same key is pressed again, the next character in the
pre-edit box will be selected. (The pre-edit box will be
displayed on screen for as long as you have the key
depressed.) When the key is released, the highlighted
character will be selected.
Press
to delete the character or spaces to the left of
the cursor. Press and hold
to delete several
characters and then whole words.
Press the
to enter a character space to the right of
the cursor.
Changing input type
You can change your text input type as described in the
list below. Icons are displayed in the status bar to show
selected input type:
Note:
Simultaneously pressing
with a character
key will insert an uppercase character. Releasing
after this action will revert the case to lowercase. The
same principle applies when
and a key is pressed
to access a symbol from a key.
Inserting symbols
There are a number of ways to insert symbols with the
keyboard.
First letter upper case
Press
once
followed by, for
example,
E
to write a capital
E
. Any
additional keys pressed will be
displayed in lowercase.
Aa
All upper case
Press
twice
for caps-lock. Any
additional keys pressed will be
displayed in uppercase until
is
pressed again to remove caps-lock.
Press
once
followed by, for
example,
E
to type the number
3
. Any
additional keys pressed will display the
standard characters on the keys.
All upper characters
Press
twice
to lock the coloured
characters. Any additional keys pressed
will type the coloured characters until
is pressed again.
A
12
123