31 Entering
Text
•
To choose a word displayed in the list, scroll up and down using the up and
down navigation keys.
•
To accept a word, press
.
•
To accept a word and insert a space, press
.
•
Press
to erase a single character. Press and hold
to delete an
entire entry.
•
To enter a period, press
. To enter other special characters, press
and then repeatedly press
to cycle through other special characters
until the desired character is deposed. If the desired character does not
display, press the right softkey
for
Options
and select
Symbol
.
•
To insert a number, press and hold the corresponding number key. For
instance, to enter ‘3’, press and hold
.
To enter text using T9:
1.
From the text entry screen (for example, a new event in scheduler),
press the right softkey
for
Options
and select
T9 (English)
.
2.
Use your keypad to enter the new event. (For example, to enter
“Meeting”, press
once,
twice,
once,
once,
once, and
once.)
Alpha mode
To enter characters by tapping the keypad, select the Alpha mode (see “Selecting a
Character Input Mode” on page 30). Press the corresponding key repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
When the
icon is shown in the lower right corner of the screen, the first letter
of the first word is capitalized and following letters are lowercase. The
key can
be used to switch between uppercase, lowercase, and mixed case.