[ 29 ]Your phone’s keypad7. Your phone’s keypad• Enter characters and numbersYou can enter any combination of numbers and letters into text messages,phone book entries, or web addresses using the and modes.The phone’s current mode is indicated in the upper left corner of thescreen. To enter a letter or number, press the key labeled with that letteror number while in or mode.Note: The default case in mode is sentence case. Only the firstletter of each sentence is capitalized.• To enter a word, press any key once to insert the first letter on the key,twice for the second letter, and so on.• Press to enter a space between words.• Press briefly while in mode to enter a period (.). Pressrepeatedly to bring up other characters.• Press and hold to display special characters such as punctuationmarks, slashes, and more. More about this on the next page.• If you enter an incorrect character, press Clear to erase.• To erase more than one character, press Clear as many times asnecessary, or press and hold Clear to delete all characters.Tip: Predictive text input is a faster way to write messages. See “Writewords with predictive text” on page 82 for more information.Switch between ABC and 123 modeThe default is mode, but you can switch modes easily.At a text message or phone book entry, press and hold untilthe icon in the upper left corner of the display switches to(or vice versa).
