Entering Characters By Tapping The Keypad - Samsung SPH A580 User Manual

Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad

To enter characters by tapping the keypad:
1.
Select the Alpha mode. (See "Selecting a Character
Input Mode" on page 37.)
2.
Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the
desired letter appears. (For example, to enter the word
"Bill," press
times, and
mistake, press
Press and hold
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the
following letters are lower cased. After a character is
entered, the cursor automatically advances to the next
space after two seconds or when you enter a character on a
different key.
Characters scroll in the following order:
. ,@ 1 ?! * # /
A B C 2
ABC
D E F 3
DEF
3
G H I 4
GHI
J K L 5
JKL
M N O 6
MNO
P Q R S 7
PQRS
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twice, three times,
ABC GHI
three times again.) (If you make a
JKL
to erase a single character.
BACK
to delete an entire entry
BACK
three
JKL
.)
T U V 8
TUV
W X Y Z 9
WXYZ
0
Next
+
Space
Space
Shift
Shift
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