Using alphabet mode – Samsung SGH-A117ZKCATT User Manual

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Entering Text

Using Alphabet Mode

If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the

key to display

alternative word choices for the keys that you have pressed.

Example: Both “Of” and “Me” have 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 is displayed, Spell displays. Press the Spell

soft key or the

key.

Enter the word you want to add using ABC mode.

Press the OK 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 the

key. T9 mode

applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation is used.

•

To shift case in T9 mode, use the

key. There are 3 cases: Initial capital,

Capital lock, and Lower case.

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You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right keys. To delete letters, press

the

key. Press and hold the

key to clear the display.

Using Alphabet Mode

To use the Alphabet Mode 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.

Note: The cursor moves to the right when you press a different key. When entering the same letter twice or

a different letter on the same key, just wait for a few seconds for the cursor to move to the right
automatically, and then select the next letter.