Using T9® Mode; Using Abc Mode - Samsung SCH-r300 Series User Manual

Using T9® Mode
T9 Word recognizes commonly used words for the numeric
sequence of key presses and inserts the word into your message.
T9 Word is much faster than the traditional method of text entry
(Abc) and requires only one key press per letter of the word that
you're spelling.
While composing a text message, press the Left soft key.
1.
Use the Navigation key to highlight T9Word, then press
.
If the word in the text entry field is not the one you meant
2.
to enter, repeatedly press
appears.
Example: When you press the key sequence
"And" appears on the screen. Suppose the word you want is
"Cod". Just repeatedly press the
highlighted in the display.
For practice, enter the word "Samsung" by pressing each
3.
of the following keys only once:
S A
until the word you want
, the word
key until "Cod" is
M S U N
T9 Word recognizes that the most commonly used word for
the numeric sequence you just entered is "Samsung." If
more than one word shares the same numeric sequence,
T9 Word provides the most commonly used word. Press to
display other words, if available.
Note: To enter a space, press the
key. These key functions apply to both T9 Word and Abc modes. (For
other symbols, see "Entering Symbols" on page 29..)

Using Abc Mode

While composing a text message, press the Left soft key.
1.
Use the Navigation key to highlight Abc or ABC, then press
.
Enter characters while in Abc mode by pressing a key
2.
repeatedly until the desired character appears in the
display.
Example: Press
Pause briefly and the displayed character is accepted and
3.
inserted into your message.
G
key. To enter a period, press the
once for "G" and twice for "H".
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