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In screens that require you to enter text, you see the
following icons. These icons tell you which text input
mode you are using:
To choose a text input mode:
1
At a screen that requires you to enter text, press
m
.
2
Select the text input mode you want to use. Then
press
O
.
Using Alpha Mode
•
Press any key on the keypad to enter the letters,
numbers, and symbols on that key. For example,
to enter the letter Y, press
9
three times.
•
Type a letter then scroll up to make that letter
uppercase, or type a letter then scroll down to
make that letter lowercase.
•
See “Special Function Keys” on page 29 for more
information on adding spaces, capitalization, and
punctuation.
Using Word Mode
In Word mode, T9 Text Input analyzes the letters on
the keypad button you press and arranges them to
create words. As you type, T9 Text Input matches
your keystrokes to words in its database and
displays the most commonly used matching word.
You can add you own words to this database.
Entering a Word
1
Select Word as your text input mode.
2
Type a word by pressing one key for each letter.
For example, to type “test” press
8
3
7
8
.
The displayed word may change as you type it.
Do not try to correct the word as you go. Type to
the end of the word before editing.
3
If the word that appears is not the desired word,
press
0
to change the word on the display to
the next most likely word in the database.
Repeat until the desired word appears.
If the desired word does not appear, you can add it
to the database.
l
Alpha
— Press a key several times for each
character.
j
Word
— Press a key once for each letter
while words likely to be the one you want are
chosen from a database.
i
Symbols
— Enter punctuation and other
symbols.
k
Numeric
— Enter numbers.
