8
Create a New Text Message
1.
To create a new text message, press the
MENU
button and use
the right and left arrow buttons to scroll to
MESSAGING
and press
the
OK
button.
2.
Press the
MENU
button and press the
OK
button on
NEW
MESSAGE.
3.
Start typing the name or number of the person you would like to
text and select their number by pressing the
OK
button.
4.
Use the keypad to type out your message.
5.
Press the
MENU
button, select
SEND,
and press the
OK
button.
Predictive Texting
1.
Open a new message (as described above).
2.
The default should be the predictive R9 texting.
3.
Start typing the word you would like and select it by scrolling to it,
highlighting it in screen, and pressing the
OK
button.
4.
You can also select the word or letter you want by pressing the
number corresponding to it.
Switching Between Texting Methods
•
To change between lower case, upper case, numbers, and
predictive texting, you will press the # button.
•
You can see the texting method change in the top bar and it will
display as abc, ABC, 123, R9 (predictive texting), or Abc.
Special Characters
1.
When in a text field, press the * button to bring up the special
characters. Make sure you are not in the 123-texting input
method.
2.
Use the right and left arrow buttons to scroll through the special
characters.
3.
When the special character you want is highlighted in green, press
the “Ok” button. If you don’t want to scroll, simply select the
number button corresponding with the special character you
would like.