Sony Ericsson K 500 Manual page 11

Shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts. You can use keypad shortcuts, or you can
create your own shortcuts from standby.
Using keypad shortcuts
Enter the menus by pressing
number of the menu to which you want to go. For
example, to reach the fifth menu item, press
To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items,
press , and
to standby, press and hold
Creating standby shortcuts
You can create your own shortcuts and use
directly to that function.
To create a standby shortcut
1 Press in a direction for which there is no
predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked
if you want to create a shortcut.
2 Scroll to a function that you want to create
a shortcut to } Shortcut.
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Getting to know your phone
To edit a standby shortcut
} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and
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select which shortcut you want to edit } Edit.
2 Scroll to a function that you want to create
a new shortcut to } Shortcut.
More options
} More to enter a list of options. There are different
alternatives in the list of options depending on where
you are in the menus.
Entering letters
There are two ways of entering letters, for example,
when writing a message or writing a name in the
phonebook:
• Multitap text input
You press each key as many times as needed to show
the letter you want.
• T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary
to recognize the most commonly used word for
each sequence of key presses. This way, you press
each key only once, even if the letter you want is
not the first letter on the key.
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