Getting Started 19
To change the Multipress time out
You can change the length of time to pause between keypresses on the same numeric key.
1.On the Home screen, click Start > Settings > Accessibility.
2.In Multipress time out, select the length of the pause between keypresses.
Use XT9 mode
To form a word in XT9 mode, press the numeric keys that contain the letters you want. As you enter letters, XT9 analyzes your keypresses and attempts to complete the word. For example, to enter the word “shoe,” press 7, 4, 6, 3.
To enter text in T9 mode
1.Press and hold the *T9 key.
2.On the menu, click XT9 English.
3.Do any of the following to start entering text in XT9 mode:
•Enter letters by pressing the keys on which the letters appear. Press a key only once for each letter. If there is more than one choice in the XT9 dictionary for your entry, a list of available words is displayed at the bottom of the screen.
•Press the _# key to enter a space after the word.
•To enter punctuation, press 1, and then select from the list at the bottom of the screen.
Use Numeric mode
If a text box permits a numeric entry only, such as a phone number, the input mode automatically defaults to Numeric mode. However, if you need to enter numbers within a line of text, change to Numeric mode, and then change back to Multipress or XT9 mode to finish entering the text.
To enter numbers in text boxes
1.Press and hold the *T9 key to change to Numeric mode (12#).
2.On the keypad, enter the number or numbers you want.
3.Change back to Multipress or XT9 input mode by pressing and holding the *T9 key, and then finish entering your text.
More text entry tasks
In both Multipress and XT9 modes, the first letter of a sentence is by default capitalized.
To change between uppercase, lowercase, and caps lock
•Press the *T9 key to change between uppercase, lowercase, and caps lock within a text input mode.
To delete characters
•To backspace and delete a single character in any input mode, press ( 
).
•To backspace and delete an entire text or numeric field in any input mode, press and hold ( 
).
To enter a space
•In Multipress or XT9 mode, press the _# key.