Entering text
42
Changing the text input mode
When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will see the text input mode indicator
at the bottom of the display.
Example: Entering a name in the Phonebook
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the right soft key indicating the current
text input mode.
2. Scroll to the mode you want to use by pressing
the Up or Down key.
The
Language select
option allows you to
change the text input language.
You can use the
Add word
option to add new
words into the T9 dictionary. See page 44.
Note
: If you want to exit the menu without
changing the mode, press the soft key or
key.
3. Press the
Select
soft key to confirm the
highlighted text input mode.
Enter name
Ok
20
Eng
Text input mode indicator:
T9 English mode
Entering text
43
Quickly changing the text input mode
Using the t9 mode
To type a word in the T9 mode:
1. Start entering the word by pressing keys
2
to
9
.
Press each key only once for each letter.
Example: To enter “hello” in the T9 mode, press
the
4
,
3
,
5
,
5
, and
6
keys.
The word you are typing appears on the display.
It may change with each key that you press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting
any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, start entering the next
word. Otherwise, press the
0
key repeatedly to
display alternative word choices for the keys
that you have pressed.
Example: Both “of” and “me” have the sequence
of
6
and
3
. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
4. Insert a space between words by pressing the
key.
5. Continue entering the next word.
To switch between the
Press and hold the
Number and previous mode
key.
Symbol and previous mode
key.
ABC and T9 mode
right soft key.
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