Sony Ericsson W850 User Manual page 16

Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for example,
when writing messages:
•
Multitap text input
•
T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold
Options when entering letters
} More
for options when writing
a message.
To enter letters using multitap input
•
Press -
the 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.
14 Getting to know the phone
to change the method.
repeatedly until
- to enter
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 new
for example,
} Text
message.
For example, to write the word "Jane",
2
press ,
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
not the one you want, press
repeatedly to view alternative words.
Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .
4 Continue writing the message. To enter
a mark, press
repeatedly, press
add a space.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1 When entering letters
} Spell
word.
Edit the word by using multitap input.
2
Use and
between the letters. To delete a
character, press
the entire word, press and hold
When you have edited the word
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.
, , .
. If the word shown is
or
and then
to accept and
} More
to move the cursor
. To delete
}
or
.
Insert.