Entering text, Selecting a text input mode – LG LX400 User Manual

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Section 2A. Phone Basics

Entering Text

Selecting a Text 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).

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:

Abc

to cycle through the alpha characters

associated with the letters on the keypad (see
page 30).

T9Word

to enter text using a predictive text-entry

system that reduces the number of keystrokes
required to enter a word (see page 29).

123

to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on

the keypad (see page 31).

Symbols

to enter symbols (see page 31).

Smileys

to enter “emoticons”(see page 31).

Settings

to enter message settings.

Recent Messages

to enter a recent message.

Preset Messages

to enter preprogrammed

messages (see page 31).

Preset Suffix

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

).

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