[ 69 ]Send and receive mobile messages15Deleting charactersWhen you need to delete characters use one of these methods:• To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press Clear.• To delete all characters in the message, press and hold Clear.Changing letter case modesYou can switch (toggle) between uppercase and lowercaseletter mode by pressing the Pound key .If the predictive text mode is active and you don’t wait at least 1.5seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switchedbetween traditional and predictive text.If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the firstletter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase.Entering numbersWhen you enter numbers, use either of these methods:• For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key.• For many numbers, change to number entry mode (press and holdthe Pound key ) and enter the numbers as usual.Inserting special characters• To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press andhold the Star key , or press Options, scroll to Insert symbol,then press Select.• To insert a period (.) quickly, press the 1 key . To insert doublehyphens (--) quickly or three dots (an ellipsis...), press the 1 keya few times.TemplatesNote: Templates are available in English only.A template is a predefined, commonly used sentence that you can quicklyinsert into a message: