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Tips for SMS messages
Handheld User Guide 85
The SMS message that you select and all prior SMS messages that you sent to or
received from the contact in this thread are no longer listed in the session view.
The individual messages are still listed on the Messages screen.
Tips for SMS messages
Composing messages
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Press C to compose a new message in the Messages or Saved Messages applications.
• Hold the Alt key and roll the trackwheel to scroll horizontally in any application in which you
can type or view text.
• Press the Space key twice to insert a period when you are typing text (the letter that follows
the period is capitalized automatically).
• Type the first letters of the name, or the initials separated by a space, to find a specific contact
on the To screen.
• Press and hold a letter to capitalize it (you must have Key Rate enabled).
• When you are typing text or composing a message, hold a letter and roll the trackwheel to
scroll through other characters. When the desired character appears, release the letter.
• Press the Alt key and the Right Shift key to turn on CAP-lock mode. Press a Shift key to turn it
off.
• Press the Left Shift key and the Alt key to turn on NUM-lock mode. Press the Alt key to turn it
off.
Using cut, copy, and paste
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Press the Alt key and click the trackwheel to enter selection mode.
• Hold a Shift key and roll the trackwheel to select the next character. Roll the trackwheel to
select the line of text.
• In selection mode, press the Alt key and click the trackwheel to copy the selected text or
character.
• In selection mode, press the Backspace key to delete the selected text or character.
• Press the Escape button to exit selection mode.
• Press a Shift key and the Backspace key to cut the selected text or character.
• Press a Shift key and click the trackwheel to paste the selected text or character.
Reading messages
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To open messages quickly, on the Messages screen, press the Enter key or double-click the
trackwheel.
• Hold the Alt key and roll the trackwheel to move up or down a page on the Messages screen.