Sony Ericsson S700i - Manual (Page 12)

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Getting to Know Your Phone
Shortcuts
A quicker way to move through the menus is to use
shortcuts.
Using Keypad Shortcuts
Enter the menus by pressing
and then enter the
number of the menu you want. For example, to reach
the fifth menu item, press
. To reach the tenth,
eleventh and twelfth menu items, press ,
and respectively.
To Create a Standby Shortcut
Press
in a direction for which there is no
predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked if
you want to create a shortcut. Scroll to a function
that you want to create a shortcut to
} Shortcut .
To Edit a Standby Shortcut
} Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select
the shortcut to edit } Edit . Scroll to a function that
you want to create a new shortcut to } Shortcut .
More Options
} More to enter a list of options. There are different
alternatives in the list of options depending on where
you are in the menus.
Entering Letters
There are two ways of entering letters, for example,
when writing a message or writing a name in the
phonebook:
• Multitap text input
You press each key as many times as needed for 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, you can switch to one of your
selected languages by pressing and holding .
To Select Writing Language
} Settings } the General tab } Language } Writing
Language . Scroll to each language that you want to
use and mark it. } Save to exit the menu.