Changing The Text Input Mode; Using The T9 Mode - Samsung SGH V205 User Manual

Entering Text

Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will notice the text input mode
indicator on the display.
Options
To select the...
T9 mode
Upper-case character
mode
Lower-case character
mode
Number mode
Symbol mode
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Text input mode
indicator
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Press the soft key
until...
is displayed.
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A is displayed.
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a is displayed.
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1 is displayed.
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Using the T9 Mode

The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to key
in any character using single keystrokes. This text
input mode is based on a built-in dictionary.
1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input
mode, start entering a word by pressing keys
to . Press each key only once for one
letter.
Example: to enter Hello in the T9 mode,
press ,
The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you
press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting
the keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, start entering the next
word.
Otherwise, press the
repeatedly to display alternate word choices for
the keys that you have pressed.
Example: both Of and Me have the sequence
, . The phone displays the most
commonly used choice first.
4. Put a space between each word by pressing the
key.
• To type words not found in the T9 mode, change
the text input mode to the upper/lower-case
character input mode.
• To enter full stops, hyphens or apostrophes,
press the key. The T9 mode applies grammar
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