Entering Text 24
•
123
:
Enter numbers by pressing the corresponding keys on the phone
keypad or the QWERTY keyboard.
Tip:
You can also use
123
mode to enter symbols by pressing the key until
the symbol you want displays.
•
Symbols
:
Using the phone keypad, scroll to the desired symbol and
press OK to select and enter the symbol into text.
The current text entry mode (
T9 Word
,
Abc
,
ABC
,
123
, or
Symbols
) displays on the lower, left portion of the screen. To
change the text entry mode, do the following:
䊳
While composing a text message, press the Left soft key
and select the desired text entry mode.
Using T9
®
Mode (Phone Keypad Only)
T9 Word recognizes and substitues commonly used words for a
sequence of number key presses. T9 Word is much faster than
the traditional method of text entry (
Abc
) and
requires only one
key press per letter
.
1.
While composing a text message, press the Left soft key,
then select
T9Word
.
T9 Word recognizes that the most commonly used word for the alpha-
numeric key sequence you just entered is “Samsung.”
If more than one word shares the same alpha-numeric key sequence,
T9 Word provides the most commonly used word and additional words
display in a pop-up window.
Note:
Press
to enter a space. Press
to enter a period. These key
functions apply to both
T9 Word
and
Abc
modes. For other symbols,
see
“Entering Symbols”
on page 25.
Adding Words to the T9 Word Dictionary
When a word selection does not display when entering text in
T9 Word mode, do the following:
1.
Press and hold
to clear the word.
2.
Change the text entry mode to
Add T9 Word
.
Note:
For more information on changing the text entry mode, see
“Changing
the Text Entry Mode”
on page 23.
3.
Enter the word you want to add to the T9 Word dictionary
and press
. The word is added to the T9 dictionary.
Tip:
In
Add T9 Word
mode, enter a word using the same multiple keypress
method as when in Abc text entry mode.