Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode

ToentercharactersusingAlphabetmode(multi-taptextentry):

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 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, 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:

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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Sprint Nextel SCP-7000 manual Entering Characters Using Alphabet Mode, Hold to delete an entire entry