Entering Text
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Using T9 Mode
The word that you type displays on the screen. The word may change with
each consecutive key that you press.
2.
Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the keystrokes.
3.
When the word correctly displays, go to step 4.
If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the
key to display
alternative word choices for the keys that you pressed.
Example:
Both the words “Of” and “Me” use the 6 and 3 keys. The phone displays the most commonly
used choice first.
4.
Press the
key to insert a space and begin entering the next word.
To add a new word into the T9 dictionary:
1.
Press the keys that correspond to the word you want to add and press the
key to display any alternative words.
2.
Press the
key after the last alternative word displays. The word
Spell
displays on the bottom right portion of the screen.
3.
Press the
Spell
soft key or the
key.
4.
Enter the word you want to add using ABC mode. For more information,
refer to
"Changing the Text Input Mode"
on page 60.
5.
Press the
OK
soft key or the
key after you finish entering the new
word.
The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes a word for the
associated keypress series.
Note:
This feature may not be available for some languages. The
key has some emoticons
associated with it. To enter other special characters within the T9 mode, press and hold the
key to cycle through these characters.
To enter periods, hyphens, apostrophes, and other special characters:
䊳
Press the
key and then press the
key to cycle through these
available characters.
T9 mode applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation is used.
To shift case in T9 mode:
䊳
Press the
key
There are 3 cases: Initial capital, Capital lock, and Lower case.
Note:
You can move the cursor by using the Navigation keys.
