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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).
To change the text input mode:
1.
When you display 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 31).
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 32).
Ⅲ
Symbols to enter symbols (see page 32).
Ⅲ
Smileysto enter “emoticons” (see page 32).
Ⅲ
Settingsto enter messages settings.
Ⅲ
Recent Messages to enter a recent message.
Ⅲ
Preset Messages to enter preprogrammed
messages (see page 32).
Ⅲ
Preset Suffix to enter preset prefixes and suffixes
such as http://www., https://www., www., .com, .net
, .org, .edu, .wap, //, “, “”, (), {}, [], <>, and<<>>.
Note
When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (
Abc > ABC > abc).
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