I am having a little trouble with my MDA Vario slide out keyboard.

Sometimes when composing an email or text message, the letters will slip
into permanent symbol mode - that is each key automatically types the symbol
instead of the letter associated with that key.
Usually to bring up a symbol I press the little circle button on the bottom
left of keyboard.

I don't know what I am doing wrong, but something is sending the keyboard
into effectively a symbol lock. Can anyone advise on what I am doing wrong
please?

You need to press the symbol button *two* times to permanently switch
between the two modes. One press only switcehes for the folloing button
press.

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"Beck" <beck@none> wrote in message
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>I am having a little trouble with my MDA Vario slide out keyboard.
>
> Sometimes when composing an email or text message, the letters will slip
> into permanent symbol mode - that is each key automatically types the
> symbol instead of the letter associated with that key.
> Usually to bring up a symbol I press the little circle button on the
> bottom left of keyboard.
>
> I don't know what I am doing wrong, but something is sending the keyboard
> into effectively a symbol lock. Can anyone advise on what I am doing
> wrong please?

"Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen [MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices]"
<!ei.maileja@kiitos!> wrote in message
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> You need to press the symbol button *two* times to permanently switch
> between the two modes. One press only switcehes for the folloing button
> press.

Thanks Werner, looks like was was accidentally pressing the symbol button
twice and locking myself out of the letters. Cheers for the help, I know
what to do now when it happens again :-)

At 25 May 2007 17:44:17 +0100 Beck wrote:
> I am having a little trouble with my MDA Vario slide out keyboard.
>
> Sometimes when composing an email or text message, the letters will
> slip into permanent symbol mode - that is each key automatically types
> the symbol instead of the letter associated with that key.
> Usually to bring up a symbol I press the little circle button on the
> bottom left of keyboard.
>
> I don't know what I am doing wrong, but something is sending the
> keyboard into effectively a symbol lock. Can anyone advise on what
> I am doing wrong please?


You're hitting the symbol dot twice. Pressing the caps key or symbol dot
once caps/symbols the next keypress. Pressing either one twice in a row
locks the keybord in that mode until to double-press it again to unlock it.


There's a very handy reg edit to display a "C" or a dot on the bottom of
the screen to indicate what mode you're in:
Use a registry editor to go to \HKCU\ControlPanel\Keyb, then create a key
called "EnableIndicator" with a DWord value of 1, then soft reset.

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> You're hitting the symbol dot twice. Pressing the caps key or symbol dot
> once caps/symbols the next keypress. Pressing either one twice in a row
> locks the keybord in that mode until to double-press it again to unlock
> it.
>
>
> There's a very handy reg edit to display a "C" or a dot on the bottom of
> the screen to indicate what mode you're in:
> Use a registry editor to go to \HKCU\ControlPanel\Keyb, then create a key
> called "EnableIndicator" with a DWord value of 1, then soft reset.

Thanks Todd, can you recommend a reliable free reg editor?

At 25 May 2007 21:04:27 +0100 Beck wrote:

> Thanks Todd, can you recommend a reliable free reg editor?

PHM Regedit at http://www.phm.lu is easy to use and takes up very little
space on your PPC, and Total Commander, a "jack of all trades" program-
an excellent file explorer, reg editor, file/text editor, FTP, LAN file
browser (it allows you to open files across your network rather than
copying them to the PPC first, like the built-in file explorer), a
zip/unzipper, etc., at http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm, a must-have program
whether you use it's reg editor or not!

Good luck!

"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> At 25 May 2007 21:04:27 +0100 Beck wrote:
>
>> Thanks Todd, can you recommend a reliable free reg editor?
>
> PHM Regedit at http://www.phm.lu is easy to use and takes up very little
> space on your PPC, and Total Commander, a "jack of all trades" program-
> an excellent file explorer, reg editor, file/text editor, FTP, LAN file
> browser (it allows you to open files across your network rather than
> copying them to the PPC first, like the built-in file explorer), a
> zip/unzipper, etc., at http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm, a must-have program
> whether you use it's reg editor or not!

Helpful as always, thankyou.

I'd also add that both apps suffer from some definencies. Therefore, I also
recommend giving FdcSoft's (FredSoft's) Task Manager a try - it's an
excellent free alternative. See my related articles (and, of course, the
Registry Editor Bible at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/men...tryEditors.asp )
..

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Werner "Menneisyys" Ruotsalainen - Microsoft MVP - Windows - Mobile Devices
Please see the Pocket PC Mag Expert Blog (including mine) at
http://www.pocketpcmag.com/blogs/ - you will definitely like it.


"Todd Allcock" <elecconnec@AmericaOnLine.com> wrote in message
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> At 25 May 2007 21:04:27 +0100 Beck wrote:
>
>> Thanks Todd, can you recommend a reliable free reg editor?
>
> PHM Regedit at http://www.phm.lu is easy to use and takes up very little
> space on your PPC, and Total Commander, a "jack of all trades" program-
> an excellent file explorer, reg editor, file/text editor, FTP, LAN file
> browser (it allows you to open files across your network rather than
> copying them to the PPC first, like the built-in file explorer), a
> zip/unzipper, etc., at http://www.ghisler.com/ce.htm, a must-have program
> whether you use it's reg editor or not!
>
> Good luck!
>
>