Composing and sending messages — Automatic formatting
RIM Wireless Handheld — User’s Guide
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Automatic formatting
The handheld’s built-in formatting capabilities extend beyond the
AutoText function to reduce your typing time.
Auto capitalization
As you compose a message, you do not have to worry about
pressing the
SHIFT
key to capitalize words — the handheld has two
methods of performing capitalization for you.
•
Begin typing; you will see that the first letter you type is
capitalized automatically and that every letter following a
period becomes capitalized too. The handheld recognizes the
beginning of a new sentence and does the work for you.
•
If you want other characters to be capitalized, press and hold
the character key until it becomes capitalized. You must have
the Key Rate option set to either Slow or Fast for this feature to
work (i.e., Key Rate must be enabled). See page 120 for more
information on the Screen/Keyboard options.
Auto punctuation
You can automatically insert a period at the end of a sentence or
word by pressing the
SPACE
key twice. The next letter you type will
be capitalized.
Email fields
You can type an email address in the Email field of the Address
Entry screen without pressing the
ALT
key.
Begin typing an email address; instead of pressing
ALT
+
L
to insert
the ‘@’ sign, simply press the
SPACE
key. The ‘@’ sign appears. When
you press the
SPACE
key again, a ‘.’ character appears.
