Entering other symbols and accented characters – Palm 680 User Manual
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To turn Option Lock on, press Option
twice. To turn it off, press Option
once. When Option Lock is on, the
symbol
appears in the lower-right
corner of the screen.
Entering other symbols and accented
characters
Symbols and accented characters that do
not appear on the keyboard are available by
using the Alt
key.
1 Enter the character that corresponds to
the symbol or accented character you
want. See the table on the next page.
2 Press Alt
.
3 Press Up ,
Down ,
Right ,
or
Left
to highlight the desired character.
4 Press Center
to insert the
character.
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KNOW
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Some application views
automatically default to Option Lock, such as
the Dial Pad tab in the Phone application or
the Calculator. In this case, you do not need to
press Option to enter numbers.
DID
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Alternate characters are
grouped by their similarity to the base key. For
example, the alternate characters for the e key
are й, и, л, and к.