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34 Section 2A:Your Sprint PCS Phone – The Basics
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your Sprint PCS Phone provides convenient ways to enter
words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you
are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a
Contacts entry or when using Sprint PCS Mail and
SMS Text Messaging).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
select Mode(right softkey).
2. Select one of the following options:
Ⅲ
Abc to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 37).
Ⅲ
T9Wordto enter text using a predictive text
entering system that reduces the number of keys
that need to be pressed while entering a word
(see page 35).
Ⅲ
123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 38).
Ⅲ
Symbols to enter symbols (see page 38).
Ⅲ
Smileysto enter “emoticons” (see page 38).
Ⅲ
Pre-set Msg to enter pre-programmed messages
(see page 38).
Tip:
When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (Abc > ABC > abc).