Section 2: Understanding Your PCS Phone2G: Using the Internal Phone Book 62Entering Characters Using T9 Text InputT9 Text Input lets you enter text in your PCS Phone by pressing keys justonce per letter. (To select the T9 Word mode when entering text, see"Selecting a Character Input Mode" on page 61.)T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive worddatabase and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as youtype.) If the word you want does not display after you have entered all theletters, press to scroll through additional word selections. To accepta word and insert a space, press .If you make a mistake, press to erase a single character. Press andhold to delete an entire entry.Entering Characters by Tapping the KeypadTo enter characters by tapping the keypad, select the Alpha mode (see“Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page 61). Press thecorresponding key until the desired character appears. By default, thefirst letter of a word is capitalized and following letters are lowercase.Characters scroll in the following order: ., - ? ! ’ @ : / 1 A B C 2 D E F 3 G H I 4 J K L 5 M N O 6 P Q R S 7 T U V 8 W X Y Z 9 0 Space ShiftAfter a character is entered, the cursor automatically advances to the nextspace after two seconds or when you enter a character not on the samekey.Note: If you press and hold a numeric key for a few seconds, it willautomatically display the number.Section 2: Understanding Your PCS Phone2G: Using the Internal Phone Book 63Entering Numbers and Symbols■ To enter numbers, select the Number mode and press theappropriate key. (See “Selecting a Character Input Mode” on page61.)■ To enter symbols, select the Symbol mode. (See “Selecting aCharacter Input Mode” on page 61.) To enter a symbol, press theappropriate key indicated on the display.Adding a New Internal Phone BookEntryYour PCS Phone can store up to 300 Internal Phone Book entries. Phonebook entries can store up to a total of six phone numbers and the entry’sname can contain 20 characters.To add a new entry from Standby mode, see page 23.To add a new entry using the Phone Book menu:1. Press for Main Menu.2. Press for Phone Book.3. Press for Add New Entry.4. Enter the number you want to store and press .5. Select the type using the navigation key.6. Enter the name using the keypad.7. Press to save.8. Highlight Yes using the navigation key and press to confirm.