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Section 7: Entering Text
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when
entering characters into your phone. This section also describes how
to use the T9 predictive text entry system to reduce the amount of key
strokes associated with entering text.
Text Input Modes
The Text Input option switches the key entry functions from an T9
Alphabet, ABC (Alphabet), Numeric Mode, and Symbols Mode.
T9 Input Method (T9 abc, T9 Abc, and T9 ABC)
This input method allows you to enter words with only one keystroke
per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter; for
example, pressing the
key can enter J, K, or L. However, the T9
method automatically compares the series of keystrokes you make
with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most likely word,
thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet
mode. The T9 abc method makes all characters lowercase. The T9
Abc method makes the initial character an uppercase while the
remaining characters are left as lowercase. The T9 ABC method
makes all characters uppercase.
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To select the T9 Input method, select
Menu
➔
Messaging
➔
Create
New Message
➔
Options
➔
Input Method
.
ABC (Alphabet) Input Method (Abc, abc, and ABC)
This input method allows you to enter letters by pressing the key
labeled with the letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or
four times until the correct letter displays. The Abc mode makes only
the initial character of the word uppercase. The abc method makes all
characters of the word lowercase. The ABC method makes all
characters of the word uppercase.
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To select the Alphabetic method, select
Menu
➔
Messaging
➔
Create New Message
➔
Options
➔
Input Method
.
Numeric
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
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To select the Numeric Input method, select
Menu
➔
Messaging
➔
Create New Message
and press the
key until the numeric input
(
)
displays on the top line of the message input screen.
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