Samsung A560 Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad, To enter characters by tapping the keypad

Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad

To enter characters by tapping the keypad:

1.Select the Alpha mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page 37.)

2.Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the desired letter appears (for example, to enter the word “Bill,”

press twice, three times, three times,

press to advance the cursor or wait for it to advance

automatically, three times again). (If you make a

mistake, press to erase a single character. Press

and hold to erase all text.

By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lowercase. After a character is entered, the cursor automatically advances to the next space after two seconds or when you enter a character on a different key. Characters scroll in the following order:

. ,@ 1 ?! * # / A B C 2

D E F 3

G H I 4

J K L 5

M N O 6

P Q R S 7

T U V 8

W X Y Z 9 0

Space

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