Entering Text

Selecting a Character Input Mode

Your Sprint PCS Phone provides convenient ways to enter words, letters, punctuation, symbols, and numbers whenever you are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contact entry or when sending Sprint PCS Mail and SMS Text Messages).

To change the character input mode:

1.When you are prompted to enter text, press the

right (Options).

2.Select a character input mode:

T9 (English) to enter characters using predictive

T9 Text Input (see page 31).

Alpha to enter characters by tapping the keypad (see page 32).

Symbol to enter symbols (see page 33).

Number to enter numbers (see page 33).

Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input

T9 Text Input lets you enter text in your Sprint PCS Phone by pressing keys just once per letter. (To select the T9 (English) mode when entering text, see “Selecting a Character Input Mode” above.)

T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive word database and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as you type.) If the word you want does not display after you have entered

all the letters, press to scroll through additional word

selections. To accept a word and insert a space, press .

If you make a mistake, press to erase a single character. Press

and hold to delete an entire entry.

To enter text using T9:

1.From the text entry screen (for example, a new event in

scheduler), press the right and select T9 (English).

2.Use your keypad to enter the new event. (For example, to

enter “Meeting”, press once, twice, once,

once, once, and once.)

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