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Section 2A: Your Phone: The Basics
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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VoiceMode
to enter text by speaking into your
phone. Speech is converted to text and displayed on
screen (see page 124).
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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 43).
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Alpha
to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad
(see page 44).
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Symbol
to enter symbols (see page 45).
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Number
to enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the keypad (see page 45).
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Preset Msg
to enter preprogrammed messages (see
page 45).
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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 45).
Summary of Contents for A960
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Page 92: ...68 Section 2B Controlling Your Phone s Settings ...
Page 106: ...82 Section 2D Controlling Your Roaming Experience ...
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Page 122: ...98 Section 2F Using Contacts ...
Page 176: ...152 Section 2I Using the Built in Camera ...
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Page 192: ...168 Section 2K Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology ...
Page 193: ...Section 3 Sprint PCS Service Features ...
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