Section 2A: Phone Basics 41
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 SprintPCS Mail and SMS TextMessaging).
To change the character inputmode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
selectMode (right softkey) to change the character
inputmode.
2. Use your navigation key to selectone of the following
options:
nT9 Wordto enter characters using predictive T9 Text
Input.(See page43.)
nAlphabetto enter characters by using the Alphabet
mode.(See page 45.)
nSYMBOLto enter symbols.
nSMILEYSto enter smile icons.
nEmoticonsto enter “emoticons.”
nWeb Shortcutsto enter Web shortcuts (for example,
www., http://www., or .com).
nPresetMessages to enter preset messages. (See
page 63.)
nRecentMessages to enter messages used recently.
Tip: When you see triangles on the leftand rightof the menu, you
can press the navigation key leftor rightto switch between
differentinputmodes.
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