Samsung SGH-V205 - Manual (Page 24)

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 notice the text input mode
indicator on the display.
Example: When you create a text message
To select the... Press the soft key
until...
T9 mode displays.
See page 45.
Upper-case character
mode A displays.
See page 46.
Lower-case character
mode a displays.
See page 46.
Number mode 1 displays.
See page 48.
Symbol mode displays.
See page 48.
918 Options
Text input mode
indicator
Entering Text
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Using the T9 Mode
The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to key
in any character using single keystrokes. This text
input mode is based on a built-in dictionary.
1. When you are in T9 predictive text input mode,
start entering a word by pressing keys to
. Press each key only once for one letter.
Example: to enter Hello in T9 mode,
press , , , and .
The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you
press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting
the keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, start entering the next
word.
Otherwise, press the , or key to
display alternative word choices for the keys
that you have pressed.
Example: both Of and Me have the sequence
, . The phone displays the most
commonly used choice first.
4. Put a space between each word by pressing the
key.
• To type words not found in the T9 mode, change
the text input mode to the upper/lower-case
character input mode.