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Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad
There are two main keypad layout keys that will change the
on-screen keys within the QWERTY keypad.
The available Text Input modes are:
Sym
and
Abc
.
Note:
When in
Abc
mode, the
?123
key appears. When in
Symbol/Numeric
mode, the
ABC
key appears.
Using Abc Mode
1.
If desired, rotate your phone counterclockwise to
Landscape orientation.
2.
Touch a text input field. The Samsung screen keypad
appears in ABC mode.
3.
Touch the desired alphabetic characters.
4.
To change capitalization to the Abc mode, touch the
shift key (
). The shift key (
) will change to
.
5.
After typing the first letter, the shift key (
) will
change to
and additional letters will be lowercase.
6.
Touch
once to input another upper-case letter or
touch and hold
to switch to ABC mode. The shift
key will change to
in ABC mode. Any additional
letters will be uppercase, until you touch the shift key
(
) again.
7.
Touch
Send
to send the message, or touch
for
more options. (For more information, refer to
“Creating
and Sending Messages”
on page 69.)
Symbol/Numeric Mode
: activates the number,
symbol, and emoticon keys.
Abc Mode
: activates the default alphabet keys. Can
also be set to
ABC
or
abc
by using the shift key (
)
.