Entering Text And Numbers; Entering Text In Multipress Mode - MiTAC Mio 8380 Operation Manual

2.3

Entering Text and Numbers

You can enter text and numbers on your Smartphone using the keypad. You Smartphone supports
three input modes for enter text and numbers: Multipress, T9 and Numeric. The Multipress and T9
modes are used for entering text and the Numeric mode is used for entering numbers.
When you select a field that requires text or numeric entry, your Smartphone will automatically
default to the appropriate input mode. The status icon on the top-right corner of the screen shows
the input mode you are currently using. To change the input modes, press and hold the Asterisk key
( ) until the status icon for the input mode you want is shown on the screen.
The following table shows the complete list of input mode status icons.
Icon Mode
Multipress text input mode,
lowercase
Multipress text input mode,
uppercase
Multipress text input mode, caps
lock

Entering Text in Multipress Mode

In Multipress mode, you can enter a letter by pressing the number key on which the letter appears.
To enter the first letter on the number key, press the key once. To enter the second letter, press the
key twice, and so on. The letter entered most recently is underlined until you have completed the
keypresses for the letter and moved on to the next letter.
For example:
To enter the letter "s," press 7777.
To enter the word "hat," press 44, 2, 8.
When you enter letters that are on the same number key, you must pause after entering the first
letter and wait until the underline disappears before entering the next letter so that your Smartphone
can process the first letter. This pause is called the "Multipress time out". (You can adjust the
Multipress time out. See "Accessibility" in section 4.2.)
For example:
For example, to enter the word "cat," press 222, pause, press 2, and then press 8.
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Icon Mode
T9 text input mode, lowercase
T9 text input mode, uppercase
T9 text input mode, caps lock
Numeric input mode