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Using the keyboard

When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the keyboard appears.

You can close the keyboard at any time by pressing .

To set keyboard options

  1. From the Home screen, tap the applications bar.
  2. Tap Settings > Locale & text > Standard keyboard.
  3. Set the options you want to use.

To select an input method

  1. When you enter text, touch and hold the text bar, then tap Input Method.
  2. Select an option.

To display the keyboard and enter text

  • Tap the text field and the keyboard appears.

To enter numbers using the keyboard

  • When you enter text, tap . A keyboard with numbers appears.

To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters

  • Before you enter a letter, tap .

To turn on the Caps lock

  • Before you type a word, tap twice.

To enter symbols using the keyboard

  1. When you enter text, tap .
  2. Select an option.

To insert a smiley

  1. When you enter text, tap .
  2. Select an option.

To add words to the User dictionary

  1. From the Home screen, tap the applications bar.
  2. Tap Settings > Locale & text > Standard keyboard > My words.
  3. Press .
  4. Tap Add and tap the text bar to open the keyboard.
  5. Write the word and tap OK.

To use the landscape keyboard

  • When the keyboard is available, turn the phone sideways.