Entering Alphabetic Characters and Punctuation

Alphabetic Characters

To key in alphabetic characters:

1.      Press the number key with the character you want to display.

2.      Press the ALPHA key repeatedly until the character appears on the screen.

For example, to key in THANK YOU.:

 

To key in this text:

Press these keys on the keypad:

T
H
A
N
K

8 ALPHA
4 ALPHA ALPHA
2 ALPHA
6 ALPHA ALPHA 
5 ALPHA ALPHA

[space]

0 ALPHA ALPHA

  Y
O
U

9 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA
6 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA
8 ALPHA ALPHA

.
[period]

1 ALPHA ALPHA ALPHA

 

Punctuation and Special Characters

KEY

CHARACTER

1

. (period or dot)
\ (backslash) 

2

~ (tilde)

3

%

4

@ (at sign)

5

/ (slash)

6

?

7

[

8

]

9

{

*

* (asterisk)
,  (comma)
'  (apostrophe)
"  (quotation mark)
}

0

- (hyphen)
 (space)
+
&

#

# (pound or number sign)
=
:
$

^