Word Mode - Samsung SCH-A399 User Manual

E E n n t t e e r r i i n n g g T T e e x x t t
3. When the character you are typing appears in the
Character Selection Map, you may select it
without finishing the stroke sequence for the
character. Characters displayed in the Character
Selection Map correspond to keys
on the keypad. To select a character from the
Character Selection Map and add it to your
message, press the corresponding key
.
Clearing Strokes and Characters
Press one or more times to remove strokes to
the left. Once the Stroke Area is empty, pressing
removes characters from the Text Area.
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using the
Character Selection Map. As you enter characters,
your phone predicts the next character you might
want and presents choices in the Character Selection
Map area. When a desired character appears, you
may select it as described above.
In most cases, you will see the desired character in
the Character Selection Map area before you have
entered all of the strokes to build it.
For example, try typing the twelve stroke character
pair " " using the following keystrokes;
, . Even though "
character pair, your phone enables you to type it in
only three key presses!
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to
to
,
" is a twelve stroke

Word Mode

To type a word, press keys corresponding to the
letters you need. Remember the following as you are
typing:
1. Press keys on the phone just once per desired
letter. For example, to enter 'hello', press
, ,
,
2. The word you are typing appears in the display. It
may change with each key press.
3. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
4. Complete each word with a space by pressing
.
If the word that appears in the display is not the
word that you desire, press
to display alternate word choices for the keys you
have typed. (For example, 'of' and 'me' both shares
the sequence , . The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.)
To type words not found in the T9 mode, change the
text input mode to ABC mode. Word typed in ABC
mode are automatically added to the T9 dictionary so
you can type them using Word mode the next time.
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one or more times
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