Entering Text
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Text Input Modes
Section 5: Entering Text
Topics Covered
• Text Input Modes
• Using the T9 Input Method
• Using the Alphabet Input Method
• Using the Symbols Input Method
• Using the Numeric Input Method
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering
characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive
text entry system to reduce the amount of key strokes associated with entering text.
Text Input Modes
The
Text Input
option switches the key entry functions from an T9 Alphabet,
ABC (Alphabet), Numeric Mode, and Symbols Mode.
T9 Input Method (T9 abc, T9 Abc, and T9 ABC)
This input method allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each
key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key can
enter J, K, or L. However, the T9 method automatically compares the series of
keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most
likely word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet mode.
The T9 abc method makes all characters lowercase. The T9 Abc method makes the
initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as lowercase.
The T9 ABC method makes all characters uppercase.
ABC (Alphabet) Input Method (Abc, abc, and ABC)
This input method allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the
letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or four times until the correct letter
displays. The
Abc
mode makes only the initial character of the word uppercase. The
abc
method makes all characters of the word lowercase. The
ABC
method makes all
characters of the word uppercase.
Numeric
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
