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Using the T9 Word Mode
To type a word, press keys corresponding to the letters
you need. Remember the following as you are typing:
1. Press 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.
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.
4. Put a space between words by pressing .
To type words not found in the T9 Word mode, you
need to change the text input mode to the ABC mode.
3. When the character you are typing appears in the
Character Selection Field, you may select it without
finishing the stroke sequence for the character.
Characters displayed in the Character Selection
Field correspond to keys
7
to
#
on the keypad. To
select a character from the Character Selection
Field and add it to your message, press the
corresponding key to .
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using the
Character Selection Field. As you enter characters,
your phone predicts the next character you might
want and presents choices in the Character Selection
Field.
For example, try typing the characters “zhong guo
(
)” using the following keystrokes; , ,
. Even though “guo (
)” is the twelve stroke
character pair, your phone allows you to enter it in
only three key presses.
Scrolling
To move the cursor to the left or right through your
text, press or .
Clearing Strokes and Characters
Press one or more times to remove strokes one
by one to the left. Once the Key Stroke input field is
empty, pressing removes a letter from the Text
Area.
To clear all of the strokes and characters on the
display, press and hold .
