Sony Ericsson W880i 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 repeatedly 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 recognise the most
commonly used word for each
sequence of key presses. This way,
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to change the method.
repeatedly until
– to enter
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
For example, to write the word "Jane",
press ,
2
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. Accept a word and add a
space by pressing
3
Continue writing the message.
To enter a mark, press
then or repeatedly, press
to accept and add a space.
To add words to the T9 Text Input
dictionary
1
When entering letters
} Spell
word.
2
Edit the word by using multitap input.
Use and
between the letters. To delete a
character, press
entire word, press and hold
, , .
. If the word
.
and
} More
to move the cursor
. To delete the
.