Kyocera Wild Card Enter symbols, Enter smileys, Change default text entry mode, Change modes

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Enter symbols

While entering text, you can enter many symbols with the keypad. To access extra symbols:

1.From the text entry screen select Options > Add symbol.

2.Scroll up or down to view the list of symbols.

3.Press the number key corresponding to the symbol to enter it.

Enter smileys

1.From the text entry screen select Options > Add smiley.

2.Scroll up or down to view the list of smileys.

3.Press the number key corresponding to the smiley to enter it.

Change default text entry mode

You can change the default text entry mode when creating a text message. This setting applies only to the message body screen, not the “To” screen.

Select Menu > Messaging > Msg settings > Text entry and one of the following:

Normal alpha enter text in letter by letter.

Rapid mode enter text with word recognition.

Change modes

Sometimes you need to change modes. For example, to enter numbers in an email address while in Normal alpha mode, you must change to Numbers and symbols mode, enter the numbers, and then change back to Normal alpha mode to complete the address.

To change text entry modes, press the Symbol key twice, until the icon for the mode you want appears at the top of the screen. You can also select Options and a different mode.

Capitalization

You can change capitalization at any time while entering text. Press the Shift key while in Normal alpha mode.

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