Sony Ericsson W580 Walkman, User Manual

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15 Getting to know the phone
To change the phone language
1 From stand-by select Menu
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Settings
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General tab
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Language
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Phone language .
2 Select a language.
Entering letters and characters
Enter characters using:
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Multitap text input
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T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
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When you enter letters, press and hold
down .
Options when entering letters
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Select More .
To enter letters using multitap input
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Press - repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
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Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
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Press and hold down -
to enter numbers.
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Press to delete letters or numbers.
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Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
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Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-
in dictionary.
To use T9™ Text Input
1 From stand-by select Menu
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Messaging
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Write new
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Text
message .
2 Press each key only once, even if the
desired letter is not the first letter on
the key. For example, to write the
word “Jane”, press
, , ,
. Enter the full word before
looking at the choices.
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Press or for word choices.
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Press to accept a word and
add a space.
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Press to accept a word without
adding a space.
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Press and then or to
enter a punctuation mark.
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Press to delete the last letter
entered.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1 When entering letters, select More
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Spell word .
2 Edit the word by using multitap input.
3 Select Insert .
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country where
you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.
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