Phone BasicsSection 2A. Phone Basics 29Saving a Phone NumberThe Contacts list can store a maximum of 600 contactentries in total, with each contact entry containing amaximum of seven phone numbers. Each entry’sname can contain up to 64 characters. Your phoneautomatically sorts the Contacts entries alphabetically.(For more information, see “Contacts” on page 82.)To save a number from standby mode:1. Enter a phone number and press .2. Select New Entry or Existing Entry and press .3. Select a label (Mobile, Home, Work, Pager, Fax, orOthers) and press .4. Use the keypad to enter the new contact nameand press . (See “Entering Text in PortraitMode” on page 33. or See “Entering Text inLandscape Mode” on page 39.)– or –Search for an existing contact name and pressto save the new number.5. Press Done (left softkey) to save the entry. You arethen notified if the number was successfullyadded.Finding a Phone NumberYou can search Contacts entries for phone numbersthat contain a specific string of numbers.1. Enter four or more of the last digits in standbymode. (The more numbers you enter, the morespecific the search becomes.) Matching Contacts entries are displayed within anonscreen list.2. To display the Contacts entry that contains thephone number you entered, select the entry andpress .– or –To dial the number, highlight the entry from the listand press .Note Information can also be entered while the phone is inlandscape mode (page 39).Sprint M540.book Page 29 Tuesday, April 7, 2009 3:38 PM
