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Entering Text
1. Press keys on the phone just once per a letter
you want. For example, to enter “HELLO,”
press the
4
,
3
,
5
,
5
and
6
keys.
The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you
press.
2. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, insert a space by
pressing the
key and start entering the
next word.
Otherwise, press the
0
key, the Up or Down
key repeatedly to display alternative word
choices for the keys that you pressed.
Example: Both “OF” and “ME” use the
6
and
3
keys. The phone displays the most
commonly used choice first.
To type words not found in Quick English mode,
change Text input mode to English mode.
Smart Punctuation
To enter periods, hyphens or apostrophes, press
the
1
key. Quick English mode applies grammar
rules to ensure that the correct punctuation is
used.
Example: The
1
key is used twice to display two
punctuation marks:
L E T ’ S E A T .
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Entering Text
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using
the Character Selection Field. As you enter
characters, your phone predicts the next
character you might want and presents choices
in the Character Selection Field. When the
character you want appears, you may select it as
described in step 3 on page 55.
In most cases, the character you want appears
in the Character Selection Field before you enter
all of the strokes to build it.
For example, try typing the twelve stroke
character pair “
” using the following
keystrokes;
2
,
8
, and
7
. Even though “
” is
a twelve stroke character pair, your phone
enables you to type it in only three key presses!
Using Quick English Mode
This mode allows you to enter English words
with only one key press per letter. Each key on a
keypad has more than one letter; for example,
when you press the
5
key once, J, K, or L
displays. Quick English mode automatically
compares your key presses to an internal
linguistic database to determine the correct
word.
The mode requires far fewer keystrokes than the
traditional multi-tap method, English mode.