At 01:51 AM 5/2/2007, you wrote: > >> >In reading this thread I began looking at the ALT key on my 650. The ALT key >brings up characters only on certain keys, but there does seem to be a method >to the madness. For example, if you want the percent sign on a 65o, you hit >"P" then ALT. The % sign is in the "P" list. It makes sense because percent >begins with P. The "P" list also has the paragraph symbol, which, >coincidentally enough, begins with "P" also. I checked all the keys, and it >seems to be the pattern that Palm was after. I never had noticed it before, >but now that I know, it will come in handy. ><< > >Furthermore, it's available right on your Treo. Bring up a memo in the Memo >application and press Menu -> Edit -> Keyboard Help (or simply Menu -> G). >(I'm sure it's similar on the other Treo models. It certainly was on my Treo >90.) > >Stratton Thanx, that's helpful. On my 700p, the special symbols associated with the colon include :-) :-( ;-) but not parens by themselves. So you have to do a smiley (frowny) face and then erase the extra characters -- weird. Ahhh, but now I see that menu-K seems to bring up the more familiar on-screen Palm keyboards in any text app, which have parens in the 123 keyboard. -- Don
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