User's Manual

MOVING AROUND ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
USING THE KEYBOARD
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Understanding the keyboard backlight
Your smartphone includes a keyboard
backlight for low light conditions. The
keyboard backlight activates automatically
when the screen turns on. The backlight
dims when the screen dims, and it turns
off automatically when the screen turns off
or when you are on a call or are playing
music in the background for longer than the
time specified in Backlight Settings. You
can set different time intervals depending
on whether the smartphone is operating on
battery power or is connected to an
external power source. The backlight also
turns off when an application’s
power-saving features turn it off.
Entering lowercase and 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 ( or ) and then enter
a letter. You don’t need to press and
hold Shift while entering a letter.
• Press Shift ( or ) 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 ( or ) again.
TIP You can change the backlight shut-off
interval. Press Start and select Settings.
Select the System tab, and then select
Backlight. Set the time interval on the Battery
power tab and on the External power tab.
TIP You can turn off the first-letter
capitalization setting (see Setting input
options).
DID YOU KNOW ? You can also use the onscreen
keyboard to enter letters, numbers, and other
characters in applications that support this
feature. Tap the keyboard icon in the center at
the bottom of any screen where it appears.
After opening the keyboard, you can set
various input options by tapping the arrow to
the right of the keyboard icon.