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Changing the Text Input Mode
When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will notice the text input mode indicator
on the display.
Text input mode
indicator
E n t e r N a m e
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OK
To select...
Press the
soft key
until...
Upper-case characters
is displayed. See page 44.
Lower-case characters
is displayed. See page 44.
Numbers only
is displayed. See page 45.
The T9 mode
is displayed. See page 43.
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Using the T9 Mode
The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to key
in any character using single keystrokes. This text
input mode is based on a built-in dictionary.
1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input mode,
start entering a word by pressing keys
through
. Press each key only once for one
letter.
Example: to enter
HELLO
in the T9 mode, press
, , , and .
The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting
any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, start entering the next word.
Otherwise, press
,
or
repeatedly to
display alternate word choices for the keys that
you have pressed.
Example: Both
OF
and
ME
have the key sequence
of
and
. The phone displays
the most commonly used choice first.
4. Put a space between each word by pressing the
key.
• To type words not found in the T9 mode, change
the text input mode to the upper/lower-case
character input mode.