Sprint Nextel LX160 - Manual (Page 47)

Section 2A: Your Phone – The Basics 35
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
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).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press Mode (right softkey) to change the character 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 38).
Ⅲ T9Word to enter text using a predictive text entering
system that reduces the amount of keys that need to
be pressed while entering a word (see page 36).
Ⅲ 123 to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on
the keypad (see page 38).
Ⅲ Symbols to enter symbols (see page 38).
Ⅲ Smileys to enter “emoticons”(see page 38).
Ⅲ Preset Messages to enter preprogrammed messages
(see page 39).
Ⅲ Preset Suffix to enter preset suffix 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 ).
Phone Basics