Section 2A: Your Sprint PCS Phone: The Basics 41Phone 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 display a screen where you can enter text,press the right softkey to change the character inputmode.2. Select one of the following options: T9(English) to enter text using a predictive textentering system that reduces the number of keysthat need to be pressed while entering a word(see page 42). Alpha to cycle through the alpha charactersassociated with the letters on the keypad (seepage 43). Symbol to enter symbols (see page 44). Number to enter numbers by pressing the numberson the keypad (see page 44). Preset Msg to enter preprogrammed messages(see page 44). Recent Msg to enter a message from a list ofprevious messages. Emoticons to enter “emoticons” (see page 44).Tip: When entering text, press the * (Shift) key to change lettercapitalization (ABC > Abc > abc).
