Sprint Nextel MM-8300 manual Entering Characters byTapping the Keypad

Entering Characters byTapping the Keypad

Toentercharactersbytappingthekeypad:

1.Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode”on page 43.)

2.Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the desired

letter appears (for example, to enter the word “Bill,”

press	ABC	twice, GHI 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 word by word.)

By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lowercase. After a character is entered, the cursor automatically advances to the next space after two seconds or when you enter a character on a differentkey.

Characters scroll in the following order:

Key	English Sequence
	Upper Case	Lower Case
ABC	. , @ 1 ? ! * # /	a b c 2
	A B C 2
DEF	D E F 3	d e f 3
GHI	G H I 4	g h i 4
JKL	J K L 5	j k l 5
MNO	M N O 6	m n o 6
PQRS	P Q R S 7	p q r s 7
TUV	T U V 8	t u v 8
WXYZ	W X Y Z 9	w x y z 9
	0
Space	Space
Shift	Unshifted One-character- shifted Caps Lock

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