Section 2A: Phone Basics 43
Entering Text

Selecting a Character InputMode

Your 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 SprintPicture Mail and SMS TextMessaging).
To change the character inputmode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press Mode(rightsoftkey) to change the character input
mode.
2. Selectone of the following options:
nT9 Wordto enter characters using predictive T9 Text
Input.(See page44.)
nAlphabetto enter characters by using Alphabet
mode. (See page 47.)
nSYMBOLto enter symbols.
nSMILEYSto enter smile pictures.
nEmoticonsto enter “emoticons.”
nWebShortcutto enter Web shortcuts (for example,
www., http://, or .com).
n
PresetMsgs
to enter presetmessages. (See page48.)
nRecentMsgs to enter messages used recently.
nPaste Listto paste copied or cut list (if applicable).
nNUMBERto enter numbers.
nSignatureto enter your signature. (See page 66.)
Note: The menus displayed vary according to the entry field. If you
see triangles on the rightof the menu, you can press the right
and leftnavigation keys to switch between related menus.
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