Underscore

[Anonymous]

I am trying to enter e mail contacts into my Nokia 640 with Microsoft operating system.  I am stuck trying to enter my sons address as it contains underscore three time, and this does not show on the keyboard as far as I can see.  Any advice please?

[Cleoriff · Accepted solution]

Hi @Anonymous

Many people with Nokia have the same problem it seems...

You can do this

Hit the button to bring up the numbers and symbols ("&123"), then just above it, hit that big arrow pointing to the right. In that same row, you will find the underscore, to the right of the equal sign (=) and above the space bar.

Or someone else did this

Hold down the "." and you'll see "_" as an option in the popup.

http://forums.windowscentral.com/nokia-lumia-928/229325-underscore-_-character-email-address-text-message.html

[Bambino]

Try using a different keyboard. I don't know if you can get it for Windows phones, but Swiftkey is a very popular keyboard app. It's free on Android, so hopefully it's free on Windows' app store.

Edit: Just Googled it and Swiftkey isn't available, but I found this article which might be of some use:

http://www.pocket-lint.com/news/129915-the-main-reason-to-upgrade-to-windows-phone-8-1-the-free-swif...

[Anonymous]

Many thanks for your help.  My phone is a Lumia 640 and is completely up to date.Updates are set to install automatically. I will search for an alternative keyboard when I return home later.

Thanks again.

[Bambino]

From the link that @Cleoriff posted it appears as if you can do what you want to do from the stock Windows keyboard, but if you're looking for an alternative, follow the link I posted. Good luck.:smileywink:

[Cleoriff]

Also try the suggestions I posted. Finding the underscore seems to be an issue with many of the Nokia phones acccording to the reading I did this morning before posting. Once you know how to find it I doubt it would be a problem again @Anonymous...:smileywink:

[Cleoriff]

Apologies @Bambino...we posted at the same time...:smileywink:

[Anonymous]

I found that if I hold the full stop down the underscore appears.  This is absolutely ridiculous, hiding features like this with no mention in any instructions.  Help and tips is a complete waste of time and space.  No matter what is put into search the same list of irrelevent suggestions come up in a three mile long list.  Otherwise I quite like the phone.

[Cleoriff]

Yes that's what the second person did in my post (Held the full stop down)

I agree it is silly but at least it is sorted now @Anonymous. Glad you like the phone

[jonsie]

Manual here, page 41

http://download-support.webapps.microsoft.com/ncss/PUBLIC/en_BH/smartwebpdf/GUID-0F001491-F922-4971-...