Understanding Your Phone 43Using Symbol/Numeric ModeUse the Symbol/Numeric Mode to add numbers, symbols,or emoticons. While in this mode, the text mode keydisplays .1. From a screen where you can enter text, tap the textinput field to reveal the on-screen keyboard. Rotate thephone counterclockwise to a landscape orientation, ifdesired.2. Tap to configure the keyboard for Symbolmode. Once in this mode, the text input type shows.3. Tap a number, symbol, or emoticon character.4. Tap to return to ABC mode.To enter symbols:1. Tap to configure the keyboard for Symbolmode.2. Tap the appropriate symbol key.– or –Tap button to cycle through additional pages.• The first number on this key indicates which page (1 or 2) ofadditional characters is active.Entering Text Using SwypeSwype™ is a text input method that allows you to enter aword by sliding your finger or stylus from letter to letter,lifting your finger between words. Swype uses errorcorrecting algorithms and a language model to predict thenext word. Swype also includes a tapping predictive textsystem.The following example shows how to enter the word “This”.Put your finger down on the “T”, and without lifting, glide itto the “h”, then to the “i” then over to the “s”.ABCABCSymABCABCABCABCSym1/2
