2Press the corresponding keys once per letter to enter a word (for example, to enter the word Bill, press 2455). (If you make a mistake, press *to erase a single character. Press and hold *to delete an entire entry.)
3To accept a word and insert a space, press #.
To accept a word completion (such as Billion when you entered Bill), press the navigation key right.
If you get a word you don’t want, you can press 0 to see more word choices and pick the one you want.
alpha method
To enter characters by tapping the keypad:
1Select the Alpha character input method.
2Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the desired letter appears. (For
example, to enter the word Bill, press 2 twice, 4three times, 5three times, and 5 three times again. If you make a mistake, press Delete to erase a single character. Press and hold Delete to erase an entire word.)
By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lowercased. When you enter a character, the cursor automatically advances to the next space after two seconds, or when you enter a character on a different key.
Characters scroll in the following order:
characters
1Space . 1 ? ! , @ & : ; “ - ( ) ‘ ¿ ¡ % £ $ ¥
2A B C 2 Á Ã Â À Ç
3D E F 3 É Ê È
4G H I 4 Í Ì
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