24 :: Using the keyboardEntering lowercase and uppercase letters• To type lowercase letters, press the desired keys.• To type an uppercase letter, press Shift , then type a letter. You don’t need tohold down Shift while typing a letter.• To turn Caps Lock on, press Shift twice. To turn it off, pressShift again. When Caps Lock is on, this symbol appears in the lower right:Entering numbers, punctuation, and symbols that appear above theletters on the keys• Press Option , then press the key with the desired character shown above theletter. You don’t need to hold down Option while pressing the second key.• To turn Option Lock on, press Option twice. To turn it off, pressOption again. When Option Lock is on, this symbol appears in the lower right:Entering other symbols and accented characters1. Type the character that corresponds to the symbol or accented character you want.See the table on the next page.2. Press Alt .3. Press Up or Down to highlight the desired character.4. Press Center to insert the character, or just continue typing the next character.In many applications youcan view a list of all thealternate characters. Fromthe Edit menu, chooseKeyboard Help (/G).Some application views, forexample, Dial Pad andCalculator, automaticallydefault to Option Lock, soyou don’t have to holddown Option to enternumbers.The alternate charactersare grouped according totheir similarity to thecorresponding key. Forexample, the alternatecharacters available for thee key are é, è, ë, ê and
