Samsung Digimax S500 - Manual (Page 20)

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Entering Text
At many times while you are using your phone, you
need to enter text, such as when storing a name in
the Phonebook, writing a new message, creating
your personal greeting or scheduling events on your
calendar.
You are provided with the following text input
modes:
• Neopad Hindi mode *
This mode allows you to enter Hindi words with
virtual keypad which gives the user option to
select one of five letters assigned on keys easily
and user-friendly features like built-in dictionary
stored over 13,000 Hindi.
• T9 mode **
This mode allows you to enter words with only
one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad
has more than one letter – when you press the 5
key once, J, K or L may be displayed. The T9
mode automatically compares your keystrokes
with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine
the correct word, thus requiring far fewer
keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.
• ABC mode
This mode allows you to enter letters by pressing
the key labelled with the required letter once,
twice, three or four times until the letter displays.
• Symbolic mode
This mode allows you to enter special characters.
• Number mode
This mode allows you to enter numbers.
* is registered trademark of NEOPAD, Inc.
** is a registered trademark of Tegic Communications,
Inc. and is licensed under U.S. Patent 5,818,437/
5,953,541/ 6,011,554.
Entering Text
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Changing the Text Input Mode
When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will see the text input mode indicator at
the bottom of the display.
Example: Entering a name in Phonebook
To change to another text input mode:
1. Press the right soft key indicating the current text
input mode.
2. Scroll to the mode you want to use by pressing
the Up or Down key.
You can use the Add word option to add new
words into the T9 dictionary. See page 43.
The Language select option allows you to
change the text input language.
Note: If you want to exit the menu without changing
the mode, press the soft key or key.
3. Press the Select soft key to confirm the
highlighted text input mode.
Quickly Changing the Text Input Mode
To switch between the Press and hold the
Number and previous mode key.
Symbol and previous mode key.
ABC and T9 modes
(English input mode) right soft key.
Enter name
Ok 16 Eng Text input mode indicator:
T9 English mode