Nokia N900 - Manual (Page 27)

Add an accent to a character
1 To enter, for example, â, press and hold , and then press
the sym key.
2 Tap the accent (^) on the touch screen.
3 Press the letter to which you want the accent to be added.
To only add the accent, tap the accent twice.
Activate the virtual keyboard.
To use the virtual keyboard, make sure the physical keyboard
is closed, and select a text entry field, the web address field
of the browser, for example. The virtual keyboard needs to
be activated before you can use it.
Activate the virtual keyboard.
Select > Settings and Text input .
Select the Use virtual keyboard check box.
Switch between upper or lower case characters
Select .
Add an accent to a letter
Select , then , and then the accent (for example, ^) from
the list. Then select and the letter to which you want the
accent to be added. To only enter the accent, tap the accent
twice.
Cut, copy, or paste text
Drag your finger on the text to select, then select and the
desired option.
Insert a line break
Select .
Delete a character
Select .
Switch between input languages
Select and the language. You must have the languages
defined in the text input settings.
Close the virtual keyboard
Tap outside the virtual keyboard.
Switch between input methods
To switch between the virtual keyboard and the physical
keyboard, slide the touch screen up or down.
Switch virtual keyboard layout
The virtual keyboard can provide character sets for two
different input languages at the same time, for example, the
Russian and Latin character sets. To define the input
languages, edit the text input settings.
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