Samsung SPH-a640 Series, User Manual

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Section 2A: Your Phone: The Basics 39
Phon
e 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 email 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
).