Changing The Text Input Mode; Using The T9 (English) Mode - Samsung SCH-A650 User Manual

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Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters entry,
you should notice the text input mode indicator on the
display.
Example: Entering a name for a Phonebook entry
Position only
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the Option soft key.
Position only
MENU
2. Scroll to the mode by pressing the Navigation keys.
3. To select the highlighted mode, press the OK key. If
you want to exit the menu without changing to a
new mode, press the CLR key.
The selected text input mode indicator appears on
the display.
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Text input mode
indicator

Using the T9 (English) Mode

To type a word, press keys corresponding to the letters
you need. Remember the following as you are typing:
1. Press alphanumeric keys on the keypad just once
per letter. For example, to enter "Hello," press the 4,
3, 5, 5 and 6 keys.
The word you are typing appears on the display. It
may change with each key press.
2. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
3. Put a space between words by pressing the
If the word that appears on the display is not the
one that you desire, press the 0 key one or more
times to display alternative word choices for the
keys you have typed. For example, both "of" and
"me" use the 6 and 3 keys. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
4. Continue entering the next word.
Smart Punctuation
Periods, hyphens, and apostrophes are available by
pressing the 1 key. The T9 mode applies rules of
grammar to insert the correct punctuation. Notice that
the 1 key is used twice in this example to display two
punctuation marks:
L e t ' s
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key.
e a t .
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