Text Entry Modes; Changing The Text Entry Mode - Samsung SCH-u420 Series User Manual

Text Entry Modes

You can compose text messages using alphabetical
characters, symbols, and numbers. Each method of
character entry (symbol, number, and so on) is called a
text entry mode. There are four text entry modes, as
indicated:
•
Alpha—Alphabetical text entry mode. Options are:
ABC — All upper case
Abc — Initial capital
abc — All lower case
•
Symbols — Symbol entry mode. Enter symbols into your
message by pressing the corresponding number that appears
above it in the display.
•
123 — Number entry. Enter numbers by pressing the
corresponding key on the keypad.
•
T9 Word — Predictive text mode. Press each key only once to
enter the letter of the word that you're spelling.
Your current mode of text entry [Abc, 123, or T9 Word]
is indicated in the lower left part of the display when
composing a text message.

Changing the Text Entry Mode

1. While composing a text message, press the Abc (left)
soft key (
options appears in the display:
T9 Word
Abc
ABC
123
Symbols
74
). A pop-up menu containing the following