Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The Basics 39Phone 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 and SMS TextMessaging).To change the character input mode:1. When you are prompted to enter text, press tochange the character input mode.2. Select one of the following options: T9 (English) to enter characters using predictive T9Text Input (see page 40). Alpha to enter characters by tapping the keypad (seepage 40). Symbol to enter symbols (see page 42). Number to enter numbers by pressing the numberson the keypad (see page 42). Preset Msg to enter pre-programmed messages (seepage 42). Recent Msg to select text from a list of recentmessages. Emoticons to enter “emoticons” (see page 42).Tip: When entering text, press the * (Shift) key to change lettercapitalization (ABC > abc > Abc).
