Text Or Number Entry; T9 ® Text Input - Philips E-GSM 900/1800 Owner's Manual

3 • 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 indicate the active text mode.
T9 Text input
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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
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
list and to choose from those proposed by the T9
built-in dictionary (see example below).
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or to browse the
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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.
< >
To browse the list of candidate words.
or
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or To confirm entry.
Short press to clear one entry, long
c
press to clear all text.
Shift from Standard, to lower, to
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UPPER case.
Shift from T9
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numeric mode.
Shift to symbols and punctuation
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mode. Press
Example: how to enter the word "home":
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1. Press
The screen displays 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.
® to basic mode, to
>
to display other pages.
to confirm selection of the

Text or number entry