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Entering texts and numbers
Use the alphanumeric keypad to enter text
and numbers. Your phone supports four input
modes: Multitap input, Smart ABC, Numeric
text entry, and Symbols text entry.
to change the input mode
You can do one of the following:
•
In text messaging mode, press * to select
input mode.
•
From the text entry screen, select
Options > Input Method.
Multitap input
Multitap input enables you to enter individual
characters.
Press the key repeatedly to scroll
through the assigned characters. Pause for
a moment and the selected letter appears on
the screen. For practice, try creating a text
message (SMS) as follows:
From the menu, go to Messages > SMS >
Write Message. Before entering text,
Option and select Multitap ABC/Multitap Abc.
To enter the words "my phone" into the text
entry area, follow these steps:
1. Press
to select m.
2. Press
three times to select y.
3. Press
, to enter a space.
Messages
4. Press
to enter h. Continue in this fashion until
the word "phone" is entered.
Smart ABC
Smart ABC is a predictive text entry method,
which uses a built-in dictionary to predict the
word you are typing. You can choose the
correct word by pressing the keys repetitively
and scrolling through the words suggested
by the phone. By reducing the number of
keystrokes, the smart ABC helps some users to
type messages more quickly.
Whenever you press a key, a list of possible
characters or character combinations is
created. To enter text, use the up and
down navigation keys to find the character
combination you want. Press the right
navigation key to proceed entering the next
character. To delete a character, press Clear.
Here is an example of how to enter the word
"baby" using smart text entry.
press
1. Press
screen.
2. Press
suggestion which is ba. If you press the up/
down joystick keys, the phone scrolls through
all possible two-letter combinations of the
letters a, b, and c.
to enter p, then press
. The letter a appears on the
again quickly to go to the next
twice
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