Text Entry With "T9 - Siemens SL42 Owner's Manual

Text entry with "T9"

"T9" deduces the correct word
from the individual key strokes by
making comparisons with an
extensive dictionary.
Activate, deactivate T9 (SMS)
Before you can use T9 to help you
enter text you must be in the text
editor (see also p. 44):
Options
Open text menu then
select
Activate or deactivate
_
Preferred
When T9 is active you will
G
see the icon in the top line.
abc
lowercase,
UPPERCASE,
Select T9 Language
Select the language in which you
want to compose your message.
Options
Open the text menu, then
select
T9 Language
Create a word using T9
Since the display changes as you
type it is best if you finish a word without
looking at the display .
You simply press the keys where
the relevant letters are located once
only . For "hotel" for example type:
4 6 8 3 5
Message (SMS)
T9 Input
.
Change
with .
Abc
123
digits.
T9 Input
and then
.
T9 converts accented characters
(such as ä and à) for you. Simply
compose the message using the
standard character (e.g. A instead
of Ä ) and T9 will do the rest.
If the word that T9 has chosen is not
the one yo want see "T9 word
suggestions" on page 46.
*
T9
1
0
C
#
Special characters
Press the key repeatedly until the character
is displayed. To write special characters
after numbers (e.g. 5 £), switch to letter
mode first:
1
0
*
#
Press before the word for
uppercase and lowercase,
or digits . The current mode is
shown at the top left on the
display.
Blank . Ends a word.
Full stop . Ends word when a
blank follows. IActs as a wild-
card character for an apostro-
phe/hyphen in the word: e.g.
Provider.s
= Provider's.
Go to the right . Ends a word.
Deactivate T9 temporarily and
activate it again.
*
€
£ $ ¥ ¤
Empty 1
. , ? ! 0 + - : ¿
¡ " ' ; _
* / ( ) < = > % ~
# @ \ & §
Ξ Π Σ Φ Ψ Ω
45
Γ ∆ Θ Λ