UTStarcom PLS7000, Phone Manual

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36 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 Phone
Book entry or when using 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:
䡲
Symbols
( ) to enter symbols (see page 41).
䡲
123
( ) to enter numbers by pressing the
numbers on the keypad (see page 41).
䡲
Abc
( ) to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 41).
䡲
T9
( ) 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 39).
Tip:
When entering text, press to change letter capitalization ( ABC >
Abc > abc ).