Using the alphabetic input method – Samsung SGH-A847ZAAATT User Manual

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The word that you are typing displays on the screen. The

word changes as you press additional keys.

Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the

keystrokes.

When the word displays correctly, go to step 5.

If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the

key to

display alternative word choices.

Example: Both “Of” and “Me” use the

and

keys. The phone

displays the most commonly used choice first.

Insert a space by pressing the

key and start entering

the next word.

Add a New Word into the T9 Dictionary

After pressing the keys corresponding to the word you

want to add, press the

key to display the alternative

words.

When the last alternative word displays, Spell displays.

Press the Spell soft key.

Enter the word you want to add using the ABC mode.

Press the Add soft key or the

key.

The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes the

first word for the associated keypress series.

Note: This feature may not be available for some languages.

•

To enter periods, hyphens, colons, or parenthesis, press and hold the

key.

T9 mode applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation is
used.

•

To shift case in T9 mode, short press the

key to toggle between,

Initial capital, Capital lock, Lower case, and Numeric.

•

You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right Navigation keys.

To delete letters, press the

key. Press and hold the

key to

clear the display.

Using the Alphabetic Input Method

To use the ABC Alphabetic input method use the

keys to enter your text.

Press the key labeled with the letter you want:

• Once for the first letter

• Twice for the second letter, and so on

Select the other letters in the same way.

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