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Options when entering letters
} More
for options when writing a
message.
To enter letters using multitap input
•
Press -
desired character appears.
•
Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
•
Press and hold
numbers.
•
Press to delete letters or
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 To enter text, you have to be in a
function where text input is possible,
} Messaging } Write
for example,
New } Text
Message.
2 For example, to write the word "Jane",
press ,
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repeatedly until the
- to enter
, , .
3 If the word shown is the one you want,
press to accept and add a
space. To accept a word without
adding a space, press
shown is not the one you want, press
or repeatedly to view alternative
words.
4 Continue writing the message. To
enter a punctuation mark, press
and then or
to accept and add a space.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1 When entering letters
Word.
2 Edit the word by using multitap input.
Use and to move the cursor
between the letters. To delete a
character, press
entire word, press and hold
When you have edited the word
Insert. The word is added to the T9
Text Input dictionary. Next time you
enter this word using T9 Text Input, it
appears in alternative words.
Next word prediction
When writing a message, you can use
T9 Text Input to predict the next word,
if previously used in a sentence.
. If the word
repeatedly, press
} More } Spell
. To delete the
.
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