Polycom® VVX® 500 and Polycom® VVX® 600 Business Media Phones User Guide
10
Entering Data and Updating Fields
You can enter information and edit fields using the onscreen keyboard, or using the dialpad keys on the
phone console.
Before you use the onscreen keyboard or the dialpad keys to enter information in fields, you can tap the
Encoding or Mode soft key to specify how you want to enter information:
Mode—enables you to enter just numbers, or text in titlecase, lowercase, or uppercase
characters.
Encoding—enables you to enter alphanumeric and special characters—including all the options
available when you tap Mode—as well as characters in special languages.
The following tables list the Mode and Encoding options.
Options Available When You Tap Mode
Options Available When You Tap Encoding or
Abc
(to capitalize the first letter only, and use
lowercase for the remaining letters)
Abc
ABC
(to enter upper case only)
ABC
abc
(to enter lower case only)
abc
123
(to enter numbers only)
123
ASCII
(for regular text)
Latin
(to enter accented characters)
Katakana
(for Japanese characters)
Unicode (to store characters as double bytes)
Cyrillic (for Russian characters)
Note: I’m Using the Onscreen Keyboard, But the Encoding or Mode Soft Key Doesn’t Display
When the onscreen keyboard displays, the Encoding and Mode soft keys aren’t available. To
select Encoding options, tap . Or, tap , , , or to enter information in a
specific way. For tips on using the onscreen keyboard, see Using the Onscreen Keyboard, below.