Section 2A: Phone Basics 33

Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode

1. Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Text Input
Mode”on page 29.)
2. Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the correct
letter appears. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”
press twice, three times, three times,
and three times again.) (If you make a mistake,
press to erase a single character. Press and hold to
erase an entire word.)
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the
following letters are lowercased. 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:
Tip The initial letters of words following spaces can be either
upper- or lowercase depending on shift mode. You can change
the shift mode by pressing *(Shift).
English Sequence
Upper Case
Key
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*

# /
ABC2
DEF3
GHI4
JKL5
MNO6
PQRS7
T U V 8
W X Y Z 9
abc2
def3
ghi4
jkl5
mno6
pqrs7
t u v 8
wxyz9
0
Space
One-character- shifted Caps Lock Unshifted
Lower Case
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
MNO
PQRS
TUV
WXYZ
Shift
Space
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