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T9 Mode
To type a word, press the keys corresponding to the
letters you need. Remember the following as you are
typing:
1. Press the keys on the phone just once per desired
letter. For example, to enter “Hello,” press
,
, , ,
and .
2. The word you are typing appears on the display. It
may change with each key press.
3. Type to the end of the word before editing or deleting
any keystrokes.
4. Put a space between each word by pressing
.
If the word that appears on the display is not the
word that you desire, press
one or more times
to display alternative word choices for the keys you
have typed. For example, both “Of” and “Me” have
the sequence of
and
. The phone displays
the most commonly used choice first.
5. Continue entering the next word.
Including a Number
You can include a number between letters without
exiting the T9 input mode. Press and hold the desired
number key.
Changing the Case
Your phone offers three cases;
•
: initial letter is capitalized
•
: all letters are capitalized
•
: all letters are lower case
Press
one or more times to display the
appropriate case indicator, and begin typing normally.
Erasing Letters and Words
Press
one or more times to erase letters to the left.
Press and hold
to erase all.
Smart Punctuation
Periods, hyphens, and apostrophes are available by
pressing . T9
applies rules of grammar to insert
the correct punctuation. Notice that
is used twice
in this example to display two punctuation marks.
L e t ‘ s e a t .
