Samsung SCH-a610 Series User Manual page 75

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Change text entry modes
While composing a text message, press the left soft key
1.
( ) to display a pop-up menu containing the
Option
following options
1 ABC
2 Text Format
3 Add Media
4 Canned Msg
is highlighted. Use the navigation left/right keys to
2. ABC
choose from one of the other three text entry modes of
, , or
Symbol 123 T9 Word
are explained in greater detail in the following sections.
ABC mode
•
Enter characters while in
that contains the desired characters (such as
for "h").
•
Press the key repeatedly until the desired character
appears in the display.
•
Pause briefly and the displayed character is accepted
and inserted into your message.
•
Press to enter a space.
®
T9 Word text entry
recognizes commonly used words for the numeric
T9 Word
sequence of keypresses and inserts the word into your
message. It's 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.
In standby mode, press the left soft key (
1.
press , ,
Enter the phone number of the recipient, then press
2.
. Each of the text entry modes
mode by pressing the key
ABC
)
Menu
to compose a new text message.
Messages
, then
.
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