Sprint Nextel M520 manual Entering Text Using Alpha Mode

Entering Text Using Alpha Mode

1.Select the Alpha mode (see “Selecting a Text Input Mode” on page 32).

2.Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the desired letter is displayed. For example, to enter

the word “Bill,” press	ABC	twice,	three times,
JKL three times, and	JKL	three times again. (If
you make a mistake, press		to erase a single
character. Press and hold		to delete an entire
entry.)

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 (lowercase characters shown in parenthesis):

Note	Accented characters are available only if the Dual
	Language text option is set to Spanish.

	. ,@ 1 ? ! * # /	PQRS P Q R S 7 (p q r s 7)
ABC	A B C 2 Á Ã Ç (a b c 2 á ã ç)	TUV	T U V 8 Ú Ü (t u v 8 ú ü)
DEF	D E F 3 É (d e f 3 é)	WXYZ	W X Y Z 9 (w x y z 9)
	G H I 4 Í (g h i 4 í)	Shift	Shift
JKL	J K L 5 (j k l 5)	Next	0
MNO M N O 6 Ó Ñ (m n o 6 ó ñ)		Space Space

Tip	When entering the same letter twice or a different
	letter on the same key, wait a few seconds until the
	cursor moves to the right, and then select the next
	letter.

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