TDMA Wireless Phone Owner's Manual

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Learning to Use Your Phone
Note: The text mode you select remains active until you
change it by selecting another mode.
Use Alpha Method
This is the standard mode for entering text on your phone.
Press
M from any text entry screen and select the Alpha
menu option.
General Text Entry Rules
Press a number key repeatedly to cycle through its
characters. See the “Character Chart” on page 28.
• If you do not press a key for two seconds, the
character in the block cursor is accepted, and the
cursor moves to the next position.
• The first character of every sentence is capitalized.
Press
S down to force the character to lowercase
while it is highlighted by the block cursor.
• Your phone may support multiple languages. You can
switch languages within a message. Press
M to
select the text mode and language you want to use.
Press To
1
A number key
one or more
times
select a letter, number, or
symbol shown in the
“Character Chart” on page 28
2 Number keys enter the remaining
characters
3 OK ( + ) store the text when you are
finished