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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 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 123).
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T9(English)
to 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 42).
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Alpha
to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see page
43).
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Symbols
to enter symbols (see page 44).
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Number
to enter numbers by pressing the numbers
on the keypad (see page 44).
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Preset Msg
to enter pre-programmed messages (see
page 44).
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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 44).
Summary of Contents for MM-A940
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Page 102: ...76 Section 2C Setting Your Phone s Security ...
Page 108: ...82 Section 2D Controlling Your Roaming Experience ...
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Page 124: ...98 Section 2F Using Contacts ...
Page 136: ...110 Section 2G Using the Phone s Scheduler and Tools ...
Page 152: ...126 Section 2H Using Your Phone s Voice Services ...
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Page 202: ...176 Section 2L Using Bluetooth Wireless Technology ...
Page 203: ...Section 3 Sprint PCS Service Features ...
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Page 224: ...198 Section 3A Sprint PCS Service Features The Basics ...
Page 248: ...222 Section 3B Sprint PCS Vision ...
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