Entering Text; Changing The Text Input Mode - Samsung SGH-X426 Manual

Entering Text

When using your phone, you will often need to
enter text, such as when storing a name in
Phonebook, 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:
• T9 mode
This mode allows you to enter words with only
one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad
has more than one letter; for example, when you
press the 5 key once, J, K or L displays. T9 mode
automatically compares your keystrokes with an
internal linguistic dictionary to determine the
correct word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes
than the traditional upper/lower-case character
modes.
• Upper/lower-case character modes
These modes allow you to enter letters by
pressing the key labeled with the letter you want
to enter once, twice, three or four times until the
letter displays.
• Symbol mode
This mode allows you to enter symbols, such as
punctuation marks.
• Number mode
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
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Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will notice the text input mode
indicator on the display.
Example: Writing a text message
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Options
To select
Press the
until
T9 mode
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Upper-case
character mode
Lower-case
character mode
Number mode
Symbol mode
Entering Text
Text input
mode indicator
soft key
displays. See
displays. See page 43.
displays. See page 43.
displays. See page 45.
displays. See page 45.
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