Sprint Nextel SCP-3100 manual EnteringCharacters Using AlphabetMode

EnteringCharacters Using AlphabetMode

ToentercharactersusingAlphabetmode(multi-taptextentry):

1.Select the Alphabet mode. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode”on page 41.)

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 then press	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:

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 beginning of the word after the space is changed to upper/lower case depending on shiftmode.You can change the shiftmode by pressing Shift .

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