Samsung SPH-M370BAASPR - Manual (Page 66)

Accounts and Messaging 66
Accounts and Messaging
With text messaging, you can send and receive instant text messages between your wireless
phone and another messaging-ready phone. When you receive a new message, a notice will
automatically display on your
phone’s screen.
Text Entry
Messages
Text Messaging and MMS
Text Entry
Text entry settings allow you to customize your text entry by selecting options such as Auto
Capital, Auto-Space, Predictive Language, or Word Completion.
1. Press > Settings/Tools > Settings > Text Entry.
2. Select from Auto-Capital, Auto-Space, Predictive Language, Personal Dictionary,
Word Choice List, Word Prediction, Word Completion, Use My Words, and Help.
ABC Mode
In Abc mode, also known as multi-tap entry, you press keys one, two, three, or four times to
enter the letters you see on the keypad. For example, press once for “a,” twice for “b”, or
three times for “c”; or press once for “p,” twice for “q,” three times for “r,” or four times for
“s.”
1. Press > Messages > Send Message. See Compose Text Messages for more
information.
2. From the text entry screen, press OPTIONS > Text Mode > Abc.
3. Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the correct letter appears. (For
example, to enter the word “Bill,” press twice, three times, three
times, and three times again.) (If you make a mistake, press to erase a
single character. Press and hold to erase an entire word.)