Sony 1242-7984 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Notification LED
The Notification LED (Light-emitting diode) is located at the top of the phone. It provides
information on the phone status and on pending notifications. If it is flashing green, there
is a pending message for you, or a missed call.
If the phone battery level is low, pending notifications are not indicated by the LED.
Entering text
To enter letters, numbers and other characters, you can use either the slideout keyboard
or the on-screen keypad. When you are using the slideout keyboard, you cannot enter text
using the on-screen keypad.
Using the slideout keyboard
To type lowercase letters, press the relevant letter keys.
To type a single uppercase letter, press and then press the relevant letter key.
To use all uppercase letters, press twice. To change back to all lowercase letters, press
again.
To type special characters, press and hold
Sym
au
, and then press the letter key until the required
character appears.
To enter a character printed in blue, press
and then press the relevant key.
To use all the characters printed in blue, press twice and enter the relevant characters.
To change writing language using the slideout keyboard
1
When you enter text, tap the language icon in the lower left corner of the screen.
2
Select a language.
Using the on-screen keypad
When you start a program or select a field that requires text or numbers, the default on-
screen keypad appears.
You can close the keypad at any time by pressing
.
To display the on-screen keypad and enter text
Tap the text field and the keypad appears.
To shift between upper-case and lower-case letters
Before you enter a letter, tap
to switch to upper-case , or vice versa.
To turn on the caps lock
Before you type a word, tap or until appears.
To enter numbers using the keypad
When you enter text, drag
left. A keypad with numbers appears.
To insert symbols
When you enter text, drag right.
To delete characters
Tap to place the cursor after the character you want to delete, then tap .
To use the landscape keyboard
When you enter text, turn the phone sideways.
For the keyboard to support this feature, landscape mode must be supported by the application
you are using, and your screen orientation settings must be set to automatic.
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