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Section 5: Entering Text
Topics Covered
• Changing the Text Input Method
• Using the T9 Input Method
• Using the Alphabet Input Method
• Using the Symbols Input Method
• Using the Numeric Input Method
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering
characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive
text entry system to reduce the amount of key strokes associated with entering text.
Changing the Text Input Method
The
Text Input
option switches the key entry functions from an T9 Alphabet,
ABC (Alphabet), Numeric Mode, and Symbols Mode.
T9 Input Method (T9ab, T9Ab, and T9AB)
This input method allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each
key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key can
enter J, K, or L. However, the
T9
method automatically compares the series of
keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most
likely word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet mode.
The
T9ab
method makes all characters lowercase. The
T9Ab
method makes the
initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as lowercase.
The
T9AB
method all characters uppercase.
ABC (Alphabet) Input Method (ab, Ab, and AB)
This input method allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the
letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or four times until it displays.
The
ab
method makes all characters of the word lowercase. The
Ab
method makes
the initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as
lowercase. The
AB
method makes all characters of the word uppercase.
