Entering Text; Changing The Text Entry Mode - Samsung SGH-x497 Series User Manual

Entering Text

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.

Changing the Text Entry Mode

When using your phone, you will often need to enter text, such as when
storing a name in the Address Book, creating your personal greeting or
scheduling events on your calendar. You can enter alphanumeric
characters by using your phone's keypad.
Your phone has the following text input modes:
• ABC mode:
key labeled with the letter you want. Press the key once, twice,
three, or four times until it displays.
• T9 mode:
keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one
letter; for example, pressing the
However, the T9 mode 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.
• Symbolic mode:
punctuation marks.
• Number mode:
•
Add Word:
• Language Select
in T9 input mode.
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This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the
This mode allows you to enter words with only one
This mode allows you to enter symbols, such as
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
Allows you to add a word to message and to T9.
: Allows you to change the language being used
key can enter J, K, or L.