42 Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The BasicsEntering Characters by Tapping the KeypadTo enter characters by tapping the keypad:1. Select the Alpha mode (See “Selecting a Character InputMode” on page 40.)2. Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until thedesired letter appears (for example, to enter the word“Bill,” press twice, three times, threetimes, press to advance the cursor or wait for it toadvance automatically, then press three timesagain). (If you make a mistake, press to erase asingle character. Press and hold to erase all text.)By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and thefollowing letters are lowercase. After a character is entered,the cursor automatically advances to the next space after twoseconds or when you enter a character on a different key.Characters scroll in the following order:. ,@ 1 ?! * # /A B C 2D E F 3G H I 4J K L 5M N O 6P Q R S 7T U V 8W X Y Z 90SpaceShift
