Entering Text
Selecting a Text 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 Sprint Mail and SMS Text Messaging).
To change the text input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press the right softkey to change the text input mode.
2. Select one of the following options:
Abcto cycle through the alpha characters associated
with the letters on the keypad (see page 31).
T9Wordto enter text using a predictive text-entry
system that reduces the number of keystrokes
required to enter a word (see page 29).
123to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 32).
Symbolsto enter symbols (see page 32).
Smileysto enter “emoticons” (see page 32).
Settingsto enter messages settings.
Recent Messagesto enter a recent message.
Preset Messagesto enter preprogrammed
messages (see page 32).
Preset Suffixto enter preset prefixes and suffixes
such as http://www., https://www., www., .com, .net
, .org, .edu, .wap, //, “, “”, (), {}, [], <>, and<<>>.
Note When entering text, press the *(Shift) key to change letter
capitalization (Abc > ABC > abc).
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