User 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 is activated
automatically when you turn on the screen.
The backlight turns off automatically when
the screen turns off or when you are on a
call or you 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 (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:
TIP When using the keyboard, most people
find it easiest to hold the smartphone with
two hands and to use the tips of both thumbs
to press the keys.
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. For details see Setting
input options.