Telephone User Manual

Section 2A: Phone Basics 43
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 Picture Mail and SMS Text Messaging).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press
Mode (right softkey) to change the character input
mode.
2. Select one of the following options:
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T9 Wordto enter characters using predictive T9 Text
Input. (See page 44.)
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Alphabetto enter characters by using Alphabet
mode. (See page 47.)
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SYMBOL to enter symbols.
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NUMBER to enter numbers.
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PresetMessagesto enter preset messages. (See page 49 .)
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RecentMessages to enter messages used recently.
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Signatureto enter your signature. (See page 67.)
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PRESET SUFFIX to enter a preset suffix (for example,
www., http://, or .com).
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SMILEYSto enter smile pictures.
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Emoticonsto enter “emoticons.”
Note:
Preset Messages, Recent Messages, and Emoticons are
available only when composing text messages.
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