36 Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The BasicsEntering TextSelecting a Character Input ModeYour Sprint PCS Phone provides convenient ways to enterwords, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you areprompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contactsentry or when using Sprint PCS Mail, or SMS Text Messaging).To change the character input mode:1. When you display a screen where you can entertext, press the # key to change the character inputmode.2. Select one of the following options:n T9 Predictive Text is on.n to enter sentence-case, uppercase, or lowercasecharacters by tapping the keypad.n to enter numbers .Entering Characters UsingT9 Text InputT9 Text Input lets you enter text in your Sprint PCS Phone bypressing keys just once per letter.T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using a predictiveword database and creates a suitable word. (The word maychange as you type.)To enter a word using T9 Text Input:1. Select a text field for text input.2. Press and hold left selection key until T9 predictiondictionary on is momentarily displayed on the screen.Tip: When entering text, press # (Shift) key to change lettercapitalization (ABC > Abc > abc).
