Samsung SGH-T479RNATMB - Manual (Page 39)

Entering Text 36
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2. Enter text in the text message box using the selected text input mode when the Text input mode indicator
that you desire displays.
Using ABC mode
With the phone slider closed, to use ABC mode, use the letter keys to enter your text.
1. Press the key labeled with the letter you want:
• Once for the first letter, twice for the second letter, and so on.
2. Select the other letters in the same way.
• To enter periods, hyphens, apostrophes, and other special characters, press and hold the key
then press the key that contains the associated symbol.
• To shift case in ABC mode, press , then press the letter key.
Note: You can move the cursor by using the Navigation keys.
To delete letters:
ᮣ Press . Press and hold the key to clear the display.
Note: The cursor moves to the right when you press a different key. When entering the same letter twice or a different letter on the
same key, just wait for a few seconds for the cursor to automatically move to the right, and then select the next letter.
Keys
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and all consecutive letters are kept in lowercase (unless the
key is used). 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 (lowercase characters shown in parentheses):
.@,:?-!’/1 PQRS7 (pqrs7)
ABC2 (abc2) TUV8 (tuv8)