Sprint flash User Guide
Phone Basics
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Swype Text Input
While you can touch the onscreen keyboard to enter text, Swype Text Input can also speed up text
input with a tracing finger gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without lifting the
finger until you reach the end of the word.
input with a tracing finger gesture where you move your finger from letter to letter without lifting the
finger until you reach the end of the word.
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Touch the alphabetic keys to enter letters. Touch and hold a key to enter the number or symbol
located on the top of the key. Keep holding the key to bring up a series of characters available on
that key, including associated accented letters, symbols or numbers.
located on the top of the key. Keep holding the key to bring up a series of characters available on
that key, including associated accented letters, symbols or numbers.
For example, in English mode, touch and hold to enter 5. Keep holding to open a character
and number list. You can select to enter T, þ, ^, or 5.
and number list. You can select to enter T, þ, ^, or 5.
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Touch
to use uppercase or lowercase. This key also indicates the current case:
for
lowercase,
for uppercase, and
when locked in uppercase.
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Touch to change the text input language. Touch and hold this key to open a pop-up menu for
language selection.
language selection.
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Touch to select numbers and symbols. Touch
to enter the alternate symbol on a key. Touch
to go back to enter letters. Touch and hold to open a simple keyboard and you can enter
numbers and certain symbols.
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Hold or touch
to open an emoticon list. You can touch
to find more emoticons.
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Touch
to delete a character before the cursor. Touch and hold
to delete an entire
word.
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Touch
to start a new line.
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Touch to use voice input.
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Touch and hold
to open the Swype settings.