User Manual

MOVING AROUND ON YOUR PALM
®
TREO
™
500V SMARTPHONE
USING THE KEYBOARD
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CHAPTER
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.
Entering other symbols and accented
characters
You can enter symbols and accented
characters that don't appear on the keys by
using the alternate characters list.
1 Press Alt to display the alternate
character list.
2 Press Prev (left softkey) or
Next (right softkey) to scroll
through the alternate character screens.
3 When the character you want appears
on the screen, press Up or Down
to highlight the character.
4 Press Centre to insert the
character.