42 Section 2A: Your SprintPCS Phone – The Basics
Entering Text

Selecting a Character InputMode

Your SprintPCS Phone provides convenientways to enter
words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are
prompted to enter text(for example, when adding a Contacts
entry or when using SprintPCS Mail and TextSMS Messaging).
To change the character inputmode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press Mode(rightsoftkey).
2. Selecta character inputmode:
Add Wordto store words thatyou use frequently
(see page 44).
PresetMessagesto enter presetmessages (see
page 71).
RecentMessagesto enter messages used recently.
Signatureto enter your signature (see page 72).
T9 Wordto enter characters using predictive
T9 TextInput(see page 43).
Alphabetto enter characters by tapping the keypad
(see page 46).
SYMBOLto enter symbols.
NUMBERto enter numbers.
PRESET SUFFIXto enter a presetsuffix (for example,
www., http://, or .com).
SMILEYSto enter smile pictures.
Emoticonsto enter an emotion icon.
Tip:PresetMessages, RecentMessages, and Emoticonsare only available
when composing textmessages.