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Text entry
5 Text entry
Warning! Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited or when 
it may cause interference or danger.
You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters using the 
phone keypad when working with the phone book, calendar, text 
messaging, or while browsing the Internet. This section provides 
detailed instructions for the two text entry methods, that is, traditional 
text entry and predictive text input.
You have four modes available for entering information, based on the 
type of data you’re entering (phone book, organizer notes or text messages):
 • ABC AND 123 MODES
A status indicator in the upper left corner of your screen indicates 
the mode you are in whenever you are entering information into your 
phone book, calendar, or text messaging.
The following table contains a list of the characters displayed when 
entering text and numbers from your keypad:
Mode The phone shows  Use for
ABC
sentence or title case 
(first letter uppercase)
all uppercase letters 
all lowercase letters
Entering contacts, numbers or 
addresses in phone book
Entering notes in Calendar 
Writing a text message
123 number entry Entering numbers
Special 
characters
special characters list Entering punctuation or 
special characters 
Predictive text in combination with ABC mode indicators Writing SMS text messages or 
calendar notes
Key Characters Key Characters
1 .@?!-,&:’1 7 P Q R S 7
2 A B C 2 8 T U V 8
3 D E F 3 9 W X Y Z 9
4 G H I 4 0 Space, 0, return 
5 J K L 5 */+ Special characters menu
6 M N O 6 # Changes letter case or mode.