Using Alpha Mode; Using Word Mode - Motorola i85s User Manual

Choosing a Text Entry Mode in Phonebook or Datebook
When you are using Phonebook or Datebook, you select your text entry mode
from a menu available whenever the phone is displaying a screen that requires
you to enter text (for example, the Name: screen or Title: screen).
To choose a text entry mode:
1 From any Phonebook or Datebook screen that requires text input, press
m to access the Entry Method menu.
A check mark appears next to the current text entry mode. When you
access a Phonebook or Datebook screen that requires text input, the
default text entry mode is Alpha.
Press S to highlight the T9 Text Input text entry mode you want to use.
2
Press B under SELECT.
3
The phone returns to the text entry screen. The text entry mode you
selected is now active.

Using Alpha Mode

To enter text (letters and numbers) while in Alpha text entry mode:
• Press any key on the alphanumeric keypad to enter the letters and numbers
on that key.
Press and hold a key to capitalize a letter, or press # to activate and
•
deactivate Caps Lock.
• Pause briefly to leave the currently displayed character in place and move
on to the next place in the text entry field.
Press P to create a space in the text entry field.
•
Press A under DELETE to delete one character. Press and hold A under
•
DELETE to delete an entire entry.

Using Word Mode

In Word mode, T9 Text Input analyzes the letters on the keypad button you
press and arranges them to create words. As you type, T9 Text Input matches
your keystrokes to words in its database and will display the most commonly
used matching word.
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