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Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The Basics
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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:
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VoiceMode
to enter a message using voice
dictation (see page 236).
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Alpha(eZi)
to enter text using a intuitive text
entering system that predicts the word before all
the letters of the word are entered (see page 44).
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Symbols
to enter symbols (see page 49).
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Number
to enter numbers by pressing the
numbers on the keypad (see page 49).
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Preset Msg
to enter pre-programmed messages
(see page 49).
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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 49).
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Settings
allows you to configure all the options
associated with entering text using Alpha(eZi)
(see page 47).
Tip:
When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (
ABC > Abc > abc
).
Summary of Contents for SPH-A800
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Page 28: ...14 Section 2A Your Sprint PCS Phone The Basics Front View of Your Phone ...
Page 134: ...120 Section 2F Managing Call History ...
Page 146: ...132 Section 2G Using Contacts ...
Page 166: ...152 Section 2H Using the Phone s Scheduler and Tools ...
Page 182: ...168 Section 2I Using Your Phone s Voice Services ...
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