Samsung A580, User Manual

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Section 2A: Your Phone: The Basics 39
Ph
one Bas
ics
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,
press the right softkey to change the character input
mode.
2.
Select one of the following options:
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T9(English) to enter text using a predictive text
entering system that reduces the number of keys
that need to be pressed while entering a word
(see page 40).
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Alpha to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad
(see page 41).
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Symbol to enter symbols (see page 42).
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Number to enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the keypad (see page 42).
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Preset Msg to enter preprogrammed messages (see
page 42).
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Recent Msg to enter a message from a list of
previous messages.
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Emoticons to enter “emoticons” (see page 42).
Tip: When entering text, press the * (Shift) key to change letter
capitalization ( Abc > ABC > abc ).