Changing The Text Input Mode; Enter Word In T9 Mode; Using The T9 Predictive Text Input Method - Samsung SGH-A997 User Manual

Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that holds characters (such as in a
text message), the text input mode indicator displays. Use
the following steps to change the text input mode:
1. To change the text input mode, press
– or –
If you prefer the T9 Input Method, press Options and
select Text Mode. Choose your preferred text input
mode.
2. After you have selected an input method, keep
pressing to choose from the following options:
• Multi-tap mode: Quickly press
(all lowercase), Abc (initial capitalization), ABC (all uppercase),
and 123 (numeric).
• T9 Predictive Text mode: Quickly press
through T9Eab (completed words are all lowercase), T9EAb
(completed words are initial uppercase),T9EAB (completed
words are all uppercase), and 123 (numeric).
• Numeric mode: Quickly press
to your message in the original text entry mode.
.
to toggle through abc
to toggle
to toggle from 123 back
• Symbols mode: Press OK to return to your message in the
original text entry mode. For more information, refer to "Using
the Symbols Input Method" on page 29.
Using the T9 Predictive Text Input
Method
T9 Predictive Text input method is based on a built-in
dictionary. A series of keystrokes is interpreted by the phone
using this dictionary to determine the likely word.
Enter a Word in T9 Mode
1. In T9 method, begin entering a word by pressing the 2
through 9 keys. Press each key only once for each
letter. The built-in dictionary lists words that match the
entered keystrokes.
2. Example: To enter "Hello", press
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The word that you are typing displays on the screen.
The word changes as you press additional keys.
3. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the
keystrokes.
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