Sprint Nextel S1 manual Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode, Tip

Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode

To enter characters usingAlphabetmode (multi-tap keyentry):

1.Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode”on page 40.)

2.Press the corresponding key repeatedly until the desired letter appears. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”

press twice, three times, three times,

and then press three times again.) (If you make a

mistake, press to erase a single character. Press and

hold to delete an entire word.)

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:

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	One-character- shifted	Caps Lock	Unshifted

Tip:

The initial letters of words following spaces can be either upper- or lowercase depending on shift mode.You can change the shift mode by pressing [shift*].

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