Entering Information in Data Fields
You can enter information and edit fields using the dialpad keys on the phone console or the onscreen
keyboard on supported phones.
Before you enter information into fields, choose how to enter the information using the following softkeys:
• Mode: Enables you to enter numbers or text in title case, lowercase, or uppercase characters.
• Encoding: Enables you to enter characters from foreign languages.
The following table lists the Mode and Encoding options for the dialpad and the onscreen keyboard.
Mode and Encoding Options
Mode Options Encoding Options
Abc (to capitalize the first letter only and use
lowercase for the remaining letters)
Abc
ABC (to enter uppercase only) ABC
abc (to enter lowercase only) abc
123 (to enter numbers only) 123
ASCII (for regular text)
Latin (to enter accented characters)
Katakana (for Japanese characters)
Unicode (to store characters as double bytes)
Cyrillic (for Russian characters)
The Encoding and Mode softkeys aren’t available when the onscreen keyboard displays.
Entering Information Using the Dialpad
You can use the dialpad keys on VVX phones to edit or update field information.
The following table describes how to enter different types of data on your phone using the dialpad.
Using the Dial Pad Keys to Enter Information
Task Action
Enter numbers or characters in uppercase,
lowercase, or title case mode
Select Encoding or Mode, and select ABC, abc, or Abc.
Enter only numbers Select Encoding or Mode, and select 123.
Enter text in another language Select Encoding and select one of the language options.
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