RIM Proton - Inserting Symbols

Proton — User’s Guide
Composing & sending messages — Inserting symbols
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Begin typing an email address; instead of pressing
ALT
+
L
to access
the ‘@’ sign, simply press the
SPACE
key. You will see the ‘@’ sign
appear. When you press the
SPACE
key again, a ‘.’ character appears.
To insert a blank space into the
Email
field, press
BACKSPACE
and
then press
SPACE
again. A blank space appears in the field. The next
time you press the
SPACE
key, the ‘@’ sign appears.
Number fields in Address Book screens
You can type numbers in the
PIN
,
Work
,
Home
,
Mobile
,
Pager
, and
Fax
fields of the
$GGUHVV (QWU\
and
1HZ $GGUHVV
screens without
pressing the
ALT
key.
Begin typing a number in one of these fields and instead of pressing
the
ALT
key to access numeric keys, simply press the associated
character key. For example, to display the number ‘4’, press the ‘R’
key. These fields support all numeric characters and the ‘-‘, ‘+’, ‘x’
and ‘.’ characters without pressing the
ALT
key.
Number lock
You can activate number lock (num lock) mode to type numbers
without holding down the
ALT
key. Press the
SHIFT
key then press
the
ALT
key. Num lock mode is activated and you can enter numbers
in any screen. Press
SHIFT
or
ALT
again to turn off num lock mode.
Inserting symbols
Enhance your messages by inserting symbols from the Proton’s
symbols library.
1. In the
7R
screen, press
ALT
+
SPACE
to view the
6HOHFW 6\PERO
screen.
Note
You can insert symbols into screens other than
7R
(such as
the
$GGUHVV (QWU\
,
6HDUFK 2SWLRQV
, and
$XWR7H[W
screens)
by followin
g
these steps.