Text entry
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3. Text entry
Your phone offers four methods for entering text and numbers:
Abc (sentence case, uppercase, and lowercase), Word
(sentence case, uppercase, and lowercase), 123, and Symbols.
The following rules apply when entering text:
• Press the clear key to backspace the cursor and
delete a character.
• Press and hold the clear key to backspace continuously
and delete all characters.
•Press # to enter a space, thereby accepting a completed
word, when in the subject or text area of a message or
entering a contact or group name.
•Press 1 to enter the symbol mode when in the subject or
text area of a message.
• Press * to switch between sentence case (the first letter of
entries or sentences is capitalized and the following letters
are lower case), uppercase and lowercase in abc or word
modes when in the text area of a message, or entering a
contact or group name.
• The entry mode selection key (usually the left selection key)
displays the currently selected entry mode (Abc, Word, 123,
or Symbols).
■ Abc (multi-tap) mode
In the abc (or multi-tap) mode, to enter a letter, repeatedly
press a key until the letter you want appears.
Activate abc mode
Press the entry mode selection key, and select Abc for sentence
case or ABC for uppercase. Press * to switch among sentence
case, uppercase, and lowercase (abc).