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Entering letters and characters
When writing messages and notes there are two ways to enter
letters and characters:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - until the desired character appears on the
screen.
• Press to shift between capital and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to enter numbers.
• Press to delete letters and numbers.
• Press for the most common punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9™ Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary to
recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence
of key presses. This way, you press each key only once, even
if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1
For example, if you want to write the word "Jane", press
, , , .
2
If the word shown is the one you want, press
accept and add a space. To accept a word without adding
a space, press . If the word shown is not the one you
want, press or repeatedly to view alternative
words.
3
Continue writing your message. To enter a full stop or
other punctuation marks, press
repeatedly. Accept and add a space by pressing
14
to
and then or
.