Siemens SL42, SL45i manual Text entry with T9, Activate, deactivate T9 SMS, Select T9 Language

Message (SMS) 45

Text entry with "T9"

“T9” deduces the correct word from the individual key strokes by making comparisons with an extensive dictionary.

Activate, deactivate T9 (SMS)

Before you can use T9 to help you enter text you must be in the text editor (see also p. 44):

Options Open text menu then select T9 Input.

_Activate or deactivate T9 Preferred with Change .

GWhen T9 is active you will

see the icon in the top line. abc lowercase, Abc UPPERCASE, 123 digits.

Select T9 Language

T9 converts accented characters (such as ä and à) for you. Simply compose the message using the standard character (e.g. A instead of Ä) and T9 will do the rest.

If the word that T9 has chosen is not the one yo want see “T9 word suggestions” on page 46.

*Press before the word for uppercase and lowercase, or digits. The current mode is shown at the top left on the display.

1Blank. Ends a word.

0 Full stop. Ends word when a blank follows. IActs as a wild- card character for an apostro-

phe/hyphen in the word: e.g. Provider.s = Provider’s.

CGo to the right. Ends a word.

Select the language in which you want to compose your message.

#

Deactivate T9 temporarily and activate it again.

Options Open the text menu, then select T9 Input and then T9 Language.

Create a word using T9

Since the display changes as you

type it is best if you finish a word without looking at the display.

You simply press the keys where the relevant letters are located once only. For “hotel” for example type:

Special characters

Press the key repeatedly until the character is displayed. To write special characters after numbers (e.g. 5 £), switch to letter mode first: *

1	Empty	1	€	£	$	¥	¤
0	.	,	?	!	0	+	-	:	¿
	¡	“	’	;	_
*	*	/	(	)	<	=	>	%	~
#	#	@	\	&	§	Γ	∆	Θ	Λ
	Ξ	Π	Σ	Φ	Ψ	Ω

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