Sanyo 4700 User Manual - Page 28

Selecting a Character Input Mode Your Sprint PCS PhoneTM by Sanyo provides convenient ways to enter words, letters, punctuation and numbers. To change the character input mode: 1. In a text entry field (e.g. for entering a folder name on page 69 and an event description on page 104, etc.) highlight current selected mode, and press . 2. Highlight your desired mode from T9 Word, Alphabet, SYMBOL or NUMBER, and press . Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad To enter characters by tapping the keypad, select the Alphabet mode (see "Selecting a Character Input Mode" on page 46). Press the corresponding key until the desired character appears. By default, the first letter of a word is capitalized and following letters are lowercase. Characters scroll in the following order: ᮣ 1 ᮣ A B C 2 ᮣ D E F 3 ᮣ G H I 4 ᮣ J K L 5 ᮣ M N O 6 ᮣ P Q R S 7 ᮣ T U V 8 ᮣ W X Y Z 9 ᮣ 0 ᮣ Space ᮣ One-character-shifted Caps Lock Unshifted In Spanish mode, characters scroll in the following order: ᮣ 1 ᮣ A Á B C 2 ᮣ D E É F 3 ᮣ G H I Í 4 ᮣ J K L 5 ᮣ M N Ñ O Ó 6 ᮣ P Q R S 7 ᮣ T U Ú Ü V 8 ᮣ W X Y Z 9 ᮣ 0 ᮣ Space ᮣ One-character-shifted Caps Lock Unshifted Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input To enter characters using T9 Text Input, select the T9 Word mode (see "Selecting a Character Input Mode" on page 46.) T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive word database and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as you type.) If the word you want does not display after you have entered all the letters, press to scroll through additional word selections. To accept a word and insert a space, press . If you make a mistake, press to erase a single character, or press and hold to delete an entire entry. Tip: You can shift the process of entering letters to upper/lower case by pressing . It will change as follows: ᮣ Word - One- character-shifted ᮣ WORD - Caps Lock ᮣ word - Unshifted The current selecting mode is shown at the bottom center of the display. Navigating and 5 Entering Text Section 5 46 Navigating through Menus and Entering Text Section 5 Navigating through Menus and Entering Text 47