Using T9® Text Input - Motorola iDEN i80s User Manual

T9 Text Input Entry Modes
Four text entry modes are available in T9 Text Input: Alpha, Word, Symbols,
and Numeric. When you are using T9 Text Input, an icon in the top right corner
of your phone's display screen (next to the battery strength indicator icon)
indicates the T9 Text Input entry mode you are using:
Icon
w
#
!
,
When you are using Phonebook or Datebook, you select your text entry mode
from a menu available whenever the phone is displaying a screen that requires
you to enter text (for example, the Name screen or Title screen).
To choose a text entry mode:
From any screen that requires text input, press m to access the Entry
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Method menu.
A check mark appears next to the current text entry mode. When you
access a Phonebook or Datebook screen that requires text input, the
default text entry mode is Alpha.
Press S to scroll to the T9 Text Input text entry mode you want to use.
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Press B under SELECT.
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The phone returns to the text entry screen. The text entry mode you
selected is now active.
T9 Entry Mode
Name
Alpha
Word
Symbols
Numeric
Using T9® Text Input
Used For...
Standard "multi-tap" keypad
text entry.
Entering words and
punctuation with one key-
press per character.
Entering punctuation and
symbols such as "@" or "?".
Entering keypad numbers.
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