Philips E-GSM 900/1800 - Manual (Page 11)

6 Text or number entry
3 • Text or number entry
Text can be entered in editing screens in two different
ways: by using T9
® predictive text input, or basic text
input. Two other modes for numbers and
punctuation marks are also available. Icons appearing
on the screen indicate the active text mode.
T9 ® predictive Text Input is an
intelligent editing mode for messages
including a comprehensive dictionary.
It allows you to quickly enter text. Press
only once on the key corresponding to
each letter needed to spell a word:
keystrokes input are analysed and the word suggested
by T9
® is displayed in the edit screen. If several words
are available according to the keys used, the word you
entered is highlighted: press
<
or
>
to browse the
list and to choose from those proposed by the T9 ®
built-in dictionary (see example below).
How to use it
Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
Example: how to enter the word "home":
1. Press 4 6 6 3
The screen displays the first word of a list: Good .
2. Press > to scroll and select Home .
3. Press , or 1 to confirm selection of the
word Home .
T9 ® Text input
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2 to 9 To key in letters.
< or > To browse the list of candidate words.
, or 1 To confirm entry.
c Short press to clear one entry, long
press to clear all text.
0 Shift from Standard, to lower, to
UPPER case.
* Shift from T9 ® to basic mode, to
numeric mode.
# Shift to symbols and punctuation
mode. Press
> to display other pages.