48Changing the Text Input Mode – KeyboardThere are two main keyboard layout keys that will changethe on-screen keys within the QWERTY keyboard.The available Text Input modes are: Sym and Abc.Note: When in Abc mode, the 123/Sym key appears. When inSymbol mode, the ABC key appears.Using Abc Mode1. If desired, rotate your phone counterclockwise toLandscape orientation.2. Touch a text input field. The following keyboardappears in the display:3. Touch the desired alphabetic characters.4. To change capitalization for the Abc mode, touch theshift key ( ). The shift key ( ) will change to .5. After typing the first letter, the shift key ( ) willchange to and additional letters will be lowercase.6. Touch and hold to input another upper-case letteror touch twice to switch to ABC mode. The shiftkey will change to in ABC mode. Any additionalletters will be uppercase, until you touch the shift key( ) again.Symbol/Numeric Mode: activates the number,symbol, and emoticon keys.Abc Mode: activates the default alphabet keys.Can also be set to ABC or abc by using the shiftkey ( ) .123SymABC
