User Guide

Phone Basics
2A. Phone Basics 21
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Your phone provides convenient ways to enter words or symbols
whenever you are prompted to enter text.
Predictive Text Mode
Predictive Text suggests words based on the letters already entered.
To turn Predictive Text on or off:
From the message entry screen:
䊳 Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Text Mode > Predictive Text >
On or Off .
From other text entry screens, such as Contacts or Signature:
䊳 Press and hold TEXT MODE (right softkey) to turn Predictive
Text on. Press and hold again to turn Predictive Text off.
Other Text Input Modes
䊳 Press to switch to SYMBOL mode. Press again to return
to the previous input mode.
䊳 Press to enter .com.
䊳 Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Text Mode > Emoticons to
enter “emoticons.”
䊳 Press TEXT MODE (right softkey) > Web Shortcuts to enter
Web shortcuts (for example, www., http://, or .com).
Capitalization Options
You can capitalize letters on your phone’s QWERTY keyboard the
same way you would on a computer keyboard. Hold down
while entering a letter to capitalize it.
You can also press to select one of the following options:
䢇 Abc to capitalize only the first letter of a word.
䢇 ABC to make all letters in a word uppercase (like a Caps Lock
key).
䢇 abc to make all letters in a word lowercase.
Auto-Capital
When Auto-Capital is set to On, the first letter of the first word in a
sentence is capitalized, and the remaining words are all
lowercase. When you enter “.”, “?”, or “!”, and then press
or , your phone recognizes it as the end of the
sentence, and the next letter you enter would be capitalized.
Auto-Capital is not available when your phone is set to
ABC or abc
mode.
Note
To display the Web Shortcuts menu on the message entry
screen, press
OPTIONS (right softkey) > Text Mode > 
Web Shortcuts
.