Quick Start

LEARNING THE BASICS
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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 (this symbol appears at the bottom of the screen), and then enter a letter.
You don’t need to press and hold Shift while entering a letter.
■ Press Shift 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 again.
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 (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.