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Entering letters and characters

When writing messages and notes there are two ways to enter

letters and characters:

• Multitap text input

• T9™ Text Input

To enter letters using multitap input

• Press

-

until the desired character appears

on the screen.

• Press

to shift between capital and lower-case letters.

• Press and hold

-

to enter numbers.

• Press

to delete letters and numbers.

• Press

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

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

For example, if you want 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

. If the word shown is not the one you

want, press

or

repeatedly to view alternative words.

3

Continue writing your message. To enter a full stop or

other punctuation marks, press

and then

or

repeatedly. Accept and add a space by pressing

.

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