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Entering Text 47
•
Touch the
Text Input Mode
button and select
Abc
.
is then
shown onscreen.
•
Write
ANYWHERE
or
Anywhere
(in either case the
Abc
mode
causes the initial character to be uppercase while the rest are
forced into lowercase.)
•
Draw a line (
___
) across the screen to insert a space. Since there
is no letter that matches this icon, the a877 inserts an empty
space.
•
You could also touch the Input Select field and choose
Keypad
to then
touch and insert an empty space. After which return to the
Handwriting mode.
Handwriting Mode-Entering Symbols
1. Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the
screen and select
Symbols
. The input mode indicator then
changes to which activates the symbols function.
No alphabetic or numeric characters are recognized.
2. Write the desired numbers using your finger.
•
If you make a mistake, touch to erase a single character.
•
Touch and hold
to erase an entire word or line.
As an example, to write “
pat@att.net
” you would:
•
Touch the
Text Input Mode
button and select
abc
.
is then
shown onscreen.
•
Write
PAT
or
pat
(in either case the
abc
mode causes all characters
to be lowercase.)
•
Touch the
Text Input Mode
button and select
Symbols
.
is
then shown onscreen.
•
Draw
@
or t
ouch the Input Select field, choose
Keypad
to then choose
from several pages of available symbols.
•
Touch the
Text Input Mode
button and select
abc
.
is then
shown onscreen.
•
Write
ATT
or
att
(in either case the
abc
mode causes all characters
to be lowercase.)
•
Touch the screen to insert a period.
•
Write
NET
or
net
(in either case the
abc
mode causes all characters
to be lowercase.)
•
Touch the Input Select field and choose
Keypad
to then touch to
insert an empty space. After which return to the Handwriting mode.
•
Select
from the Symbols page to insert a new paragraph.
Using the QWERTY Keyboard
From a screen where you can enter text, rotate your phone to a
Landscape orientation. Regardless of the current setting with the
Input Select
field (page 44), the onscreen QWERTY keyboard will
display.
Abc
SYM
abc
SYM
abc
a877 Impression.book Page 47 Thursday, May 13, 2010 3:29 PM