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28 Section 2A. Phone Basics
Entering Text
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Your 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 Mail and SMS Text
Messaging).
1. From a screen where you can enter text, press the
right softkey to change the text input mode.
2. Select one of the following options:
Ⅲ
Abc to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 30).
Ⅲ
T9Word to enter text using a predictive text-entry
system that reduces the number of keystrokes
required to enter a word (see page 29).
Ⅲ
123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 31).
Ⅲ
Symbols to enter symbols (see page 31).
Ⅲ
Smileys to enter “emoticons” (see page 31).
Ⅲ
Settings to enter message settings.
Ⅲ
Recent Messages to enter a recent message.
Ⅲ
Preset Messages to enter preprogrammed
messages (see page 31).
Ⅲ
Preset Suffix to enter preset prefixes and suffixes
such as http://www., https://www., www., .com,
.net , .org, .edu, .wap, //, “, “”, (), {}, [], <>, and<<>>.
Tip
When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to
change letter capitalization (
ABC > Abc > abc).