Entering Text; Changing Text Input Mode - Samsung SGH-T500 Owner's Manual

Entering Text

When storing a name in the phonebook, creating your
personal greeting or scheduling events in your
calendar, you will need to enter text.
You are provided with the following text input modes.
English Mode (T9)
This mode allows you to enter words with only one
keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more
than one letter – when you press
may be displayed. The English mode automatically
compares your keystrokes with an internal linguistic
dictionary to determine the correct word, thus
requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional
A B C mode.
ABC Mode
This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the
key labelled with the required letter once, twice,
three or four times until the letter is displayed.
Number Mode
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
Symbolic Mode
This mode allows you to enter special characters.
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is licensed under U.S. Patent 5,818,437/ 5,953,541/ 6,011,554.
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once, J, K or L

Changing Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will see the text input mode indicator at
the bottom of the display.
To change to another text input mode, proceed as
follows.
1. Press the right soft key, indicating the current text
input mode.
2. Scroll to the required mode, by pressing
or .
Note: If you want to exit the menu without changing
the mode, press the
3. Press the Select soft key to select the highlighted
text input mode.
The selected text input mode is indicated on the
bottom line of the display.
E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t
soft key.
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