LG LX400 Owner's Manual - Page 43

Entering Text, Selecting a Text Input Mode

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Entering Text Selecting aText InputMode Your phone provides convenient ways to enter words, letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts entry or when using Sprint Mail and SMS Text Messaging). 1. From a screen where you can enter text, press the right softkey to change the text input mode. 2. Select one of the following options: Ⅲ Abc to cycle through the alpha characters associated with the letters on the keypad (see page 30). Ⅲ T9Word to enter text using a predictive text-entry system that reduces the number of keystrokes required to enter a word (see page 29). Ⅲ 123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on the keypad (see page 31). Ⅲ Symbols to enter symbols (see page 31). Ⅲ Smileys to enter"emoticons"(see page 31). Ⅲ Settings to entermessage settings. Ⅲ RecentMessages to entera recent message. Ⅲ PresetMessages to enter preprogrammed messages (see page 31). Ⅲ PresetSuffix to enter preset prefixes and suffixes such as http://www., https://www., www., .com, .net , .org, .edu, .wap and. Tip * When entering text, press the (Shift) key to change letter capitalization (ABC > Abc > abc). 28 Section 2A. Phone Basics

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Section 2A. Phone Basics
Entering Text
Selecting a Text Input Mode
Yourphone provides convenient ways to enterwords,
letters, punctuation, and numbers wheneveryou are
prompted to entertext (forexample, when adding a
Contacts entry orwhen using Sprint Mail and SMS Text
Messaging).
1.
From a screen where you can entertext, press the
right softkey to change the text input mode.
2.
Select one of the following options:
²
Abc
to cycle through the alpha characters
associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 30).
²
T9Word
to entertext using a predictive text-entry
system that reduces the numberof keystrokes
required to entera word (see page 29).
²
123
to enternumbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 31).
²
Symbols
to entersymbols (see page 31).
²
Smileys
to enter “emoticons”(see page 31).
²
Settings
to enter message settings.
²
Recent Messages
to enter a recent message.
²
Preset Messages
to enterpreprogrammed
messages (see page 31).
²
Preset Suffix
to enterpreset prefixes and suffixes
such as http://www., https://www., www., .com,
.net , .org, .edu, .wap, //, “, “”, (), {}, [], <>, and<<>>.
Tip
When entering text, press the
*
(Shift) key to
change lettercapitalization (
ABC > Abc > abc
).