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

Note: Use the yellow CORR key to delete characters one at a time.

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)
=
:
$

^

Note: Punctuation and special characters are not allowed for Clerk IDs and Invoice Numbers.