User's Manual

34 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 Contacts
entry or when using Text SMS 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:
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T9Wordto 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 35).
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Alphabetto cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see page
37).
n
Numberto enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the keypad (see page 38).
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Symbolto enter symbols (see page 38).
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Emoticonto enter "emoticons" (see page 38).
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PresetMsg. to enter pre-programmed messages
(see page 38).
Tip: When entering text, press to change letter capitalization (ABC >
Abc > abc).