Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your Sprint PCS Vision Phone provides convenient ways to enter
words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are
prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Phone Book
entry or when sending Sprint PCS Mail and SMS Text messages).
To change the character input mode:
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:
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T9Word( ) to enter text using a predictive text entering
system that reduces the amount of keys that need to be
pressed while entering a word (see page 27).
Ⅲ
Abc ( ) to cycle through the alpha characters associated
with the letters on the keypad (see page 28).
Ⅲ
123 ( ) to enter numbers by pressing the corresponding
number on the keypad (see page 29).
Ⅲ
Symbols ( ) to enter symbols (see page 29).
Ⅲ
Smileys ( ) to enter “emoticons” (see page 29).
Ⅲ
Canned Msgs ( ) to enter pre-programmed messages
(see page 29).
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