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Entering text
There are many situations in which you need to
enter text, such as when storing a name in
Phonebook, writing a message, creating your
personal greeting, or scheduling events on your
calendar.
You are provided with the following text input
modes:
•
ABC mode
This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing
the key labelled with the required letter once,
twice, three, or four times until the desired letter
displays.
•
T9 mode
*
This mode allows you to enter words with only
one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad
has more than one letter – for example, when
you press the
5
key, J, K, or L can be displayed.
The T9 mode automatically compares your
keystrokes with an internal linguistic dictionary to
determine the correct word, thus requiring far
fewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.
•
Symbolic mode
This mode allows you to enter special characters.
•
Number mode
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
Note
: The maximum number of characters which can
be entered in a message is reduced to
approximately half in length if you enter text
using uni-code characters such as .
*
is a registered trademark of Tegic Communications,
Inc. and is licensed under U.S. Patent 5,818,437/
5,953,541/ 6,011,554.
Entering text
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Changing the text input mode
When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will see the text input mode indicator
at the bottom of the display.
Example: Entering a name in the Phonebook
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the right soft key indicating the current
text input mode.
2. Scroll to the mode you want to use by pressing
the Up or Down key.
The
Language select
option allows you to
change the text input language.
You can use the
Add word
option to add new
words into the T9 dictionary. See page 47.
Note
: If you want to exit the menu without
changing the mode, press the soft key or
key.
3. Press the
Select
soft key to confirm the
highlighted text input mode.
Enter name
OK
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Eng
Text input mode indicator:
ABC English mode
