Entering Text
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Using T9® Mode (Phone Keypad Only)
•
Abc
— Enter letters, numbers, and symbols by using the QWERTY keypad or by
repeatedly pressing each phone key until the desired character (as shown on the
key) appears in the display. ABC mode letter options are:
–
Abc
— Enter initial capital letters
–
ABC
— Enter all upper case letters
–
abc
— Enter all lower case letters
•
123
— Enter numbers by pressing the corresponding keys on the phone keypad or
the QWERTY keypad.
Tip:
Using the QWERTY keypad, also use
123
mode to enter symbols into your message simply by pressing
the keys labeled with the symbols you want.
•
Symbols
— Using the phone keypad, enter a symbol into your message by
pressing the number above the symbol in the
Symbols
pop-up window.
The current text entry mode (
T9 Word
,
Abc
,
ABC
,
123
, or
Symbols
) is indicated in
the lower part of a text entry screen. To change the text entry mode, do the
following:
1.
While composing a text message, press the Left soft key (
or
).
The following options appear in the display:
• T9Word
• Abc
• ABC
• 123
• Symbols
2.
Use the Up and Down navigation keys to highlight the desired text entry
mode, then press
or
.
Using T9
®
Mode (Phone Keypad Only)
T9 Word recognizes commonly used words for the numeric sequence of key presses
and inserts the word into your message. T9 Word is much faster than the traditional
method of text entry (
Abc
) and
requires only one key press per letter
of the word that
you’re spelling.
1.
While composing a text message, press the Left soft key (
). Use the
Up and Down navigation keys to highlight
T9Word
, then press
or
.
OK
OK
