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Changing the Text Input Mode
When you are in a field that allows characters entry,
you should notice the text input mode indicator on the
display.
Example: Entering a name for a Phone Book entry
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the
Option
soft key.
2. Scroll to the mode by pressing
or .
3. To select the highlighted mode, press the
OK
soft key.
If you want to exit the menu without changing to a
new mode, press .
You will find the selected text input mode indicator
on the display.
Abc
Next
Options
Abc
OK
Options
Text input mode
indicator
Using the T9 (English) Mode
To type a word, press keys corresponding to the letters
you need. Remember the following as you are typing:
1. Press alphanumeric keys on the keypad just once
per desired letter. For example, to enter “Hello,”
press , , , and .
The word you are typing appears on the display. It
may change with each key press.
2. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
3. Put a space between words by pressing
.
If the word that appears on the display is not the
word that you want, press
one or more times
to display alternative word choices for the keys you
have typed. For example, both “Of” and “Me” have
the sequence of
and . The phone displays
the most commonly used choice first.
4. Continue entering the next word.
Smart Punctuation
Periods, hyphens, and apostrophes are available by
pressing
. The T9 mode applies rules of grammar to
insert the correct punctuation. Notice that is used
twice in this example to display two punctuation marks:
L e t ‘ s e a t .