Text Or Number Entry; T9 ® Text Input; What Is It; How To Use It - Philips 855 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

What is it?

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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
and to choose from those proposed by the T9
in dictionary (see example below).
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>
to browse the list
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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
,
To confirm entry.
Short press to clear one entry, long
c
press to clear all text.
Shift from standard, to lower, to upper
#
case.
Shift from basic mode, to numeric or
*
to punctuation typing 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.
,
3. Press to confirm selection of the word
Home.
The screen displays

Text or number entry