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Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your phone provides convenientways to enter words, letters,
punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to
enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts entry or
when using SMS Text Messaging).
To change the character inputmode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press the right softkey to change the character input
mode.
2. Select one of the following options:
Ⅲ
Abcto cycle through the alpha characters associated
with the letters on the keypad.
Ⅲ
T9Wordto enter textusing a predictive text entering
system that reduces the amount of keys thatneed to
be pressed while entering a word.
Ⅲ
123to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad.
Ⅲ
Symbolsto enter symbols.
Ⅲ
Smileysto enter “emoticons”.
Ⅲ
Recentmessages to enter a recentmessage.
Ⅲ
Presetmessagesto enter preprogrammed messages.
Ⅲ
Presetsuffix to enter preset suffix such as
http://www., https://www., www., .com, .net , .org,
.edu, .wap, //, ","", (), {}, [], <>, <<>>
Tip: When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (Abc > ABC > abc).
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