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Section 2A: Phone Basics 41
Entering Text
Selecting a Character 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 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) to change the character
input mode.
2. Use your navigation key to select one of the following
options:
Ⅲ
T9 Word to enter characters using predictive T9 Text
Input. (See page 43.)
Ⅲ
Alphabetto enter characters by using the Alphabet
mode.(See page 45.)
Ⅲ
SYMBOL to enter symbols.
Ⅲ
SMILEYSto enter smile icons.
Ⅲ
Emoticonsto enter “emoticons.”
Ⅲ
Web Shortcuts to enter Web shortcuts (for example,
www., http://www., or .com).
Ⅲ
PresetMessagesto enter preset messages. (See
page 63.)
Ⅲ
RecentMessages to enter messages used recently.
Tip:
When you see triangles on the left and right of the menu, you
can press the navigation key left or right to switch between
differentinputmodes.
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