Sony Ericsson K510a - Manual (Page 10)

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10
Getting to Know Your Phone
To change the phone language
• } Settings } General } Language
} Phone Language , select a language.
• From standby, press:
0000 for English or
8888 for Automatic language
(SIM dependant).
To select writing languages
1 } Settings } General } Language
} Writing Language .
2 Scroll and select languages by pressing Mark
or Unmark . } Save to exit the menu.
To switch between writing languages
Press and hold when writing.
Entering Letters
and Characters
To enter letters using multitap
text input
• Press – until the desired character
appears.
• To shift between capitals and lower case letters,
press .
• To enter numbers, press and hold – .
• To add a space, press .
• For the most common punctuation marks,
press .
• To enter the + sign, press .
• To change input method, press and hold .
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.
To enter letters using T9™ Text Input
1 } Messaging } Write New } Text Message .
2 For example, if you want to write the word
“Jane”, 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 . If the
word shown is not the one you want, press
or repeatedly to view alternative words.
Accept a word and add a space by pressing .
4 Continue writing your message. To enter a
period or other punctuation marks, press
and then or repeatedly. Accept and add
a space by pressing
.