Sony Ericsson D750i - Manual (Page 14)

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14
Getting to know your phone
Entering letters
There are two ways of entering letters, for example,
when writing a message or writing a name in
contacts:
• Multitap text input
You press each key as many times as needed to
show the letter you want.
• 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.
Writing languages
Before you start entering letters, you need to select
the languages that you want to use when writing.
When writing, you can switch to one of your
selected languages by pressing and holding .
To select writing language
1 } Settings } the General tab } Language
} Writing language .
2 Scroll to each language that you want to use
and mark it.
} Save to exit the menu.
To enter letters using multitap
text input
1 To enter text, you have to be in a function
where text input is possible, for example
} Messages } Write new } Text message .
2 Press the appropriate key, – ,
or , repeatedly until the character you
want appears on the screen. You can see which
characters you can choose in the box in the
top right corner of the screen.
Example:
• To enter an ‘ A ’, press once.
• To enter a ‘ B ’, quickly press twice.
• To shift between capital and lower-case letters,
press , then enter the letter.
• You can use the volume buttons as a shortcut
to certain letters. To enter a ‘ B ’, press and
hold the volume button and press .
To enter a ‘ C ’, press and hold the volume
button and press .