User manual

MOVING AROUND ON YOUR SMARTPHONE
USING THE KEYBOARD
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• 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.
Entering other symbols and accented
characters
You can enter symbols and accented
characters that don’t appear on the keys
using the alternate characters list.
1 Press Alt to display the alternate
character list.
2 Narrow the list by pressing the key that
corresponds to the character you want.
For example, to enter an é, press e. See
the table on the next page for a list of
corresponding characters.
3 Press Up or Down to highlight the
desired character.
4 Press Center to insert the
character.
TIP The alternate characters are grouped
according to their similarity to the
corresponding key. For example, the alternate
characters available for the e key are é, è, ë,
and ê. If you press the wrong key, press
Backspace to return to the full list of alternate
characters. You can then press another key.
DID YOU KNOW ? If you don’t know which key to
press to narrow the list when entering a
symbol, you can scroll through the full list until
you find the character you want.