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Changing the Text Input Mode - Keypad

When using your phone, you often need to enter text, such as
when storing a name in your Contacts List, creating your
personal greeting or scheduling events on your calendar. You can
enter alphanumeric characters by using your phone’s keypad.

1.

From a screen where you can enter text, touch the text

entry field.

2.

From the onscreen keypad, touch

to change the Text

Input mode.

Example: Writing a text message.

1.

To change the text input mode, touch the Text Input Mode

button (bottom center button) and select one of the

following options:

T9 Predictive text (

)

Multitap (

)

Numeric (

)

Symbols (

)

Emoticons (

)

2.

Touch the text mode you desire. The text mode changes to

the mode you touched.

Using T9 Mode

T9 is a predictive text input mode that allows you to key in any
character using single keystrokes. This text input mode is based
on a built-in dictionary.

To enter a word in T9 mode:

1.

Touch the Text Input Mode button at the bottom of the

screen and touch and select T9 Predictive text (

)

.

When in T9 mode, start entering a word by touching the 2

to 9 keys. touch each key only once for each letter.

Example: To enter “Hello” in T9 mode, touch the 4, 3, 5, 5, and 6 keys.

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

change with each consecutive key that you touch.

2.

Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the

keystrokes.

3.

When the word correctly displays, go to step 4.

If the word doesn’t display correctly, you can then choose from

possible word choices onscreen by touching the correct one.

If these choices do not include the word you want to use, touch the

down arrow, then touch the Add Word field to then add the new
word into the T9 dictionary.

Abc

T9Ab

Abc

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SYM

SYM

T9Ab

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