Section 2A: Phone Basics 47

Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode

To enter characters using Alphabet mode (multi-tap text entry):
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 twice, three times, three times,
and then press three times again.) (If you make a
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the
following letters are lowercased. After a character is entered,
thecursor 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:
Tip:
The beginning of the word after the space is changed to
upper/lower case depending on shift mode. You can change the
shift mode by pressing
.
English Sequence
Upper Case
Key
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*
# /
ABC2
DEF3
GHI4
JKL5
MNO6
PQRS7
TUV8
WXYZ9
abc2
def3
ghi4
jkl5
mno6
pqrs7
t u v 8
wxyz9
0
Space
One-character- shifted Caps Lock Unshifted
Lower Case
ABC
DEF
GHI
JKL
MNO
PQRS
TUV
WXYZ
Shift
Space
JKL
JKL
GHI
ABC
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mistake, press to erase a single character. Press and
hold to delete an entire entry.)
Shift