Sprint Nextel M520 manual Entering Text, Using Speed Dialing, Selecting a Text Input Mode

Using Speed Dialing

You can store up to 98 numbers in your phone’s speed dial memory to make contacting friends and family as easy as pressing a button or two. With this feature, you can dial speed dial entries using one keypress for locations 2–9 or two keypresses for locations 10–99.

To use One-Touch Dialing for speed dial locations 2–9:

Press and hold the appropriate key for approximately two seconds. The display confirms that the number has been dialed when it shows the name and number of the speed dial.

To use Two-Touch Dialing for speed dial locations 10–99:

1.Press the first digit.

2.Press and hold the second digit for approximately two seconds. The display confirms that the number has been dialed when it shows the name and number of the speed dial.

Note	Speed dialing is not available when you are roaming.
	When you are roaming off the Sprint National
	Network, you must always dial using 11 digits (1 +
	area code + number).

Entering Text

Selecting a Text Input Mode

Your phone provides convenient ways to enter words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts entry or when using email and SMS Text Messaging).

1.From a screen where you can enter text, press Options (right softkey) to change the text input mode.

2.Select one of the following options:

T9(English) to enter text using a predictive text entering system that reduces the number of keypresses required while entering a word (see page 33).

Alpha to cycle through the alpha characters associated with the letters on the keypad (see page 34).

Symbol to enter symbols (see page 35).

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