Text Or Number Entry; T9 ® Text Input - Philips 859 User Manual

4 • Text or number entry
Text can be entered in editing screens in two different
ways: by using T9 ® predictive Text Input, or basic
text input. Two other modes for numbers and
punctuation marks, are also available. Icons appearing
on the screen show the active text mode.
T9 Text input
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What is it?
T9 ® predictive Text Input is an
intelligent editing mode for messages,
including a comprehensive dictionary.
It allows you to quickly enter text. Press
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only once on the key corresponding to
each letter needed to spell a word:
keystrokes input are analysed and the word suggested
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by T9 is displayed in the edit screen. If several words
are available according to the keys used, the word you
entered is highlighted: press
the list and to choose from those proposed by the T9
built-in dictionary (see example below).
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or to browse
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How to use it?
Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
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to To key in letters.
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To browse the list of candidate words.
or
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To confirm entry.
or
Short press to clear one entry, long
c
press to clear all text.
Shift from standard, to lower, to upper
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case.
Shift from T9
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mode.
Shift to symbols and punctuation
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mode.
Example: how to enter the word "home":
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1. Press
the first word of a list: Good.
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2. Press to scroll and select Home.
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3. Press or
word Home.
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to basic, to numeric
The screen displays
to confirm selection of the

Text or number entry