Nokia N900 - Use the physical keyboard

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Use the physical keyboard

To use the physical keyboard, slide the touch screen up. When

you use the physical keyboard, the virtual keyboard is

disabled.

In addition to the character keys, the physical keyboard

contains the following keys:

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1 Sym/Ctrl key

2

key

3 Shift key

4 Space key

5 Enter key

6 Backspace key
Enter text

Press the keys on the keyboard.
Switch between character cases

Press the shift key. To enter only upper or lower case letters,

press the shift key twice. To return to normal mode, press the

shift key again.
Enter a number, additional character, or common

symbol

Press and hold , and then press the key that has the

character printed at the top of it. To enter only the characters

printed at the top of keys, press twice to lock the mode.

To return to normal mode, press again.

Enter a character not found from the keyboard

Press and hold , and then press the sym key.
Use word completion

You can also use the word completion feature. The word

candidates are displayed in the text input area. To select a

word candidate, press the right arrow key.

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.