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Your phone’s keypad
 • ENTER CHARACTERS AND NUMBERS
When you write a message or enter names and 
numbers, you’ll be in either Abc or 123 mode. 
Whichever mode you’re currently in is indicated by 
the Abc or 123 icon in the upper left corner of the 
display.
Note: Default case in Abc mode is sentence 
case, which means the first letter of each sentence is capitalized. 
ABC indicates all caps.
• Press a key once to insert the first letter on that key, twice for the 
second letter, and so on 
• Press   to enter a space between words
• Press   to enter a period (.)
• Press   to display special characters. More about this on the 
following pages
•Press Clear to backspace and erase a character
•Press and hold Clear to backspace continuously (and erase)
Tip: Use predictive text to write messages faster. Press and hold Options 
to activate/deactivate predictive text. For more information, see 
“Predictive text input” on page 43
Switch between ABC and 123 modes
•Press and hold   until the icon in the upper left corner of the 
display switches from Abc to 123 (or from 123 to Abc).
Switch between uppercase and lowercase
• Press   to alternate between uppercase and lowercase characters 
while in Abc mode.