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Text Entry
3. Text Entry
Text can be entered in editing screens in two different
ways: by using T9
®
Predictive Text Input or basic text
input. The techniques for using these two methods
are discussed below.
T9
®
text input
T9
®
Predictive Text Input is an
intelligent editing mode for entering text
on a mobile phone. It allows you to enter
text more quickly by anticipating the
word you want to enter based on the
keys you have pushed. You press once on the key
corresponding to each letter needed to spell a word
and T9
®
suggests a word based on your keystrokes. If
several words are available, the first word in the list is
displayed and highlighted. Press
+
or
-
to browse the
list and press
,
to insert the word.
How to use it?
Letters and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
Example: how to enter the word "home":
1.
Press
4
6
6
3
. The screen displays the
first word of a list:
Good
.
2.
Press
+
to scroll and select
Home
.
3.
Press
,
or
>
to confirm selection of the word
Home
.
Basic text input
Press
*
to switch from T9
®
to basic text input. This
method requires multiple key presses to reach the
desired character: the letter "h" is the second letter on
the
4
key, so you must press it twice to enter "h".
Short press
C
to clear one entry, long press to clear
all text.
2
to
9
To key in letters.
+
or
-
To browse the list of candidate words.
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>
Press this key to insert the selected word
followed by a space.
C
Short press to backspace, long press to
clear all text.
0
To shift letter case: Standard, lower or
UPPERCASE letters.
#
To view the table of symbols and
punctuation. Then press
<
or
>
to browse
the 3 available tables.
*
To shift mode from
T9
®
to basic text
input to numeric.
