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Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The Basics
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Phone 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 Sprint PCS Mail and SMS Text
Messaging).
To change the character input mode:
1.
When you are prompted to enter text, press
to
change the character input mode.
2.
Select one of the following options:
䡲
T9 (English)
to enter characters using predictive T9
Text Input (see page 40).
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Alpha
to enter characters by tapping the keypad (see
page 40).
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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 pre-programmed messages (see
page 42).
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Recent Msg
to select text from a list of recent
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
).
Summary of Contents for MM A880
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