Polycom VVX Business Media Phones User Guide
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Enter Information Using the Onscreen Keyboard
The onscreen keyboard is available on VVX 500, 600, and 1500 phones, and the keyboard enables you to
enter field information using your touchscreen. The onscreen keyboard icon is displayed on screen
when data fields are available. When a data entry field requires only numbers, the onscreen keyboard
displays only numbers.
To access and use the onscreen keyboard:
1 Tap the onscreen keyboard icon .
2 Tap the Mode and Encoding icon and select
Abc, ABC, abc, 123, or one of the special character
options
.
3 Press your finger on each character you want to enter.
4 When you finish, tap the Select icon .
The following table describes how to enter information using the onscreen keyboard.
Enter a special character Select Encoding, and select Abc, ABC, or abc. Press the 1, 0,
asterisk (*), or pound (#) key one or more times to enter one of the
following special characters:
•
1 key: ! | ‘ ^ \ @ : 1
•
* key: . * - & % + ; ( )
•
0 key: / , _ $ ~ = ? 0
• # key: # > < { } [ ] “ ‘
You cannot access special characters when you are in numerical
(123) mode.
Enter a space Select Encoding, and select one of the alphabetic Abc, ABC, or
abc. Press the 0 key.
You cannot enter a space when you are in numerical (123) mode.
Delete one or more characters Use the arrow keys to position the cursor to the right of the
character, or drag your finger across the characters until the cursor
is positioned to the right of the character(s) you want to delete.
Press the Delete key, press the Backspace << soft key, or tap the
Delete soft key .
Using the Onscreen Keyboard to Enter Information
Task Action
Select an Encoding option (title case,
uppercase, lowercase, numbers-only, ASCII,
Latin, Katakana, Unicode, Cyrillic)
Tap the
Mode and Encoding icon and select the Encoding
options you want.
Enter text Tap Abc and select the characters you want.
Enter uppercase characters Tap ABC and select the characters you want.
Enter lowercase characters Tap abc and select the characters you want.
Using the Dial pad Keys to Enter Information