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Section 2A:Your Sprint PCS Phone – The Basics 39
Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input
T9 Text Input lets you enter text in your Sprint PCS Phone
by pressing keys just once per letter. (To select the T9 mode
when entering text, see “Selecting a Character Input Mode”
on page 38.)
T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an
intuitive word database and creates a suitable word. (The
word may change as you type.)
To enter a word using T9 Text Input:
1. Select the T9 Wordcharacter input mode. (See
“Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page 38.)
2. Press the corresponding keys once per letter to enter a
word (for example, to enter the word “Bill,” press
). (If you make a mistake, press
to erase a single character. Press and hold to
delete an entire entry.)
If the word you want does not display after you have
entered all the letters, press to scroll through
additional word selections. To accept a word and insert a
space, press .
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38 Section 2A:Your Sprint PCS Phone – The Basics
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your Sprint PCS 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 using SMS Text Messaging).
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:
Ⅲ
Symbols ( ) to enter symbols (see page 41).
Ⅲ
123 ( ) to enter numbers by pressing the
numbers on the keypad (see page 41).
Ⅲ
Abc ( ) to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 41).
Ⅲ
T9 ( ) 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 39).
Tip: When entering text, press to change letter capitalization (ABC >
Abc > abc).