How does it work?

To activate an accented character, simply hold down the base letter to which that accent applies.  Instead of repeating the letter, PocketMail will now display a range accented characters from which you can choose.  For example to activate the list of accented 'e' characters, simply press and hold the 'e' key: 

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How can I cancel a displayed menu?

If you select the wrong key by mistake, or wish to cancel the accented character menu, press the Back key and you be able to continue to enter text normally.  

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Capital letters can also be added by simply holding down the shift key and the base letter you would like accented.

For example, pressing shift and a will activate the following menu:

Additionally, pressing 2nd and shift will activate 'Caps Lock' and any key typed will be a capital, including those of the accented character menus.  To cancel 'Caps Lock', simply press 2nd and shift again.  

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Some characters like Ñ or ñ only have a single accent associated with them.  In this case a menu will not appear.  PocketMail will simply assign the appropriate accent to the character if you hold down the key longer than two seconds. 

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Does PocketMail support non-latin based letters?

In order to accommodate letters such as the Icelandic letter Thorn, (Þ) or Edh (ð) which do not have a corresponding latin derivative, the characters have been assigned their phonetic equivalent.  For example, the icelandic letter 'Thorn' (Þ) is pronounced 'th' and therefore the corresponding key is 't' for lower-case thorn (þ) or 'shift+t' for capital thorn (Þ).    

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Yes, the new software does include an increased representation of both punctuation and common symbols such as the Euro sign (€), the inverted question mark (¿), copyright sign (©), and more.  These symbols have been assigned numerical keys.  To access the character, simply hold down the corresponding key for the menu you wish to activate.  The characters and their associated menus are listed below:  

Press and hold the 1 key to activate the menu with the following characters:

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Are these characters only available in the email portion of PocketMail?

As Pocketmail is now compliant with over 26 different languages, any messages sent to you that include these characters will be displayed on your screen with the appropriate character or accent represented.

Additionally, these characters can be copied and pasted into other utilities such as Memo or To Do:  

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Recipients of your email will be able to read the characters providing their email software is compliant with the industry standard ISO-8859-15 character base.  Email systems not compliant with this system will attempt to render the characters according to the remote system's default value which varies according to each individual system.

For more information, please contact your email system administrator.   

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