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T9 Mode
To type a word, press keys labeled with the letters you
need. Remember the following as you are typing.
1. Press keys on the phone just once per desired letter.
For example, to enter “hello,” press ,
, , .
2. The word you are typing appears on the display. It
may change with each keypress.
3. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
If the word that appears in the display is not the
word that you desire, press one or more times
to display alternate word choices for the keys you
have typed. For example, both “of” and “me” have
the key sequence and . The phone will
display the most commonly used choice first.
4. Complete each word with a space by pressing
.
Smart Punctuations
Period, hyphen and apostrophe are available on .
T9 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 .
Changing Text Input Mode
When you are in a field that allows characters entry,
you should notice the text input mode indicator at the
bottom of the display.
You can change between
T9 Word
and
ABC
to enter
words. To include a symbol or a number between the
letters,
Symbol
and
123
modes are also available.
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press
. The list of the text input modes appears.
2. Scroll to the desired mode by pressing or
.
3. To select the mode highlighted, press
.
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.