Text Entry; Entering Text With The Flip Closed - Sony Ericsson P990i User Manual

Text Entry

There are four ways to enter text in the phone:
Flip closed
• Use the keypad.
Flip open
• Use the virtual keyboard
bar.
• Write directly on the screen using the stylus.
• Use the keyboard below the screen.
Entering text with the flip
closed
With the flip closed, you use the keypad keys to enter
text.
Editing text
Select to access editing functions like copy, paste
More
and cut text, or if applicable to format text (size, style
and alignment).
Text options with the flip closed
When you are editing text you can select
to open the Text options menu:
options
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located in the status
More > Text
• Add symbol – launch the symbols and punctuation
marks table. Use the navigation key to select an
item.
Note You can also open the symbol selector table by
pressing and holding the
• Input type – change the text input type between
(initial uppercase, the rest lowercase),
(lowercase entry), A
(numeric entry only).
Note You can also change the input type by pressing
the button.
a/A
• Auto capitalization – switch Auto capitalization on
and off.
• Predictive text – switch between Predictive text,
in the status bar, and Multitap text entry. See
below.
When the Predictive text is selected you can also select:
• 1st language – change the 1st language choice for
the prediction dictionary.
• 2nd language – change the 2nd language choice for
the prediction dictionary.
• Spell word – spell a new word to be entered to the
user dictionary.
• My words – view the user dictionary where you can
add, edit or delete words.
• Word suggestions – switch the word suggestion list
on and off.
button.
a
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