Sprint Nextel SCP-8400 manual Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode

Entering Characters by Using AlphabetMode

ToentercharactersbyusingAlphabetmode(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, 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: Thebeginningofthewordafterthespaceischangedtoupper/lowercase depending on shiftmode.You can change the shiftmode by pressing Shift .

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