Entering Text
Quickly Changing the Text Input Mode
To switch between the Press and hold the
Number and previous mode 
key.
Symbol and previous mode 
key.
ABC and T9 modes | right soft key. |
Using the T9 Mode
To type a word in the T9 mode:
1.Start entering the word by pressing keys 2 to 9. Press each key only once for each letter.
Example: To enter “hello” in the T9 mode, press the 4, 3, 5, 5, and 6 keys.
The word you are typing appears on the display. It may change with each key that you press.
2.Enter the whole word before editing or deleting any keystrokes.
3.If the word is correct, start entering the next word. Otherwise, press the 0 key repeatedly to display alternative word choices for the keys that you have pressed.
Example: Both “of” and “me” have the sequence of 6 and 3. The phone displays the most commonly used choice first.
4.Insert a space between words by pressing the
key.
5. Continue entering the next word.
If Spell appears above the left soft key while you are entering text, the word does not exist in the T9
Entering Text
dictionary. To type words not found in the T9 mode, change the text input mode to the ABC mode, or proceed as follows:
1.Press the Spell soft key, or press the right soft key and select the Add word option.
2.Enter the word you want to add using the ABC mode (see page 42) and press the Ok soft key.
The word is saved in the T9 dictionary and inserted in the input field.
3. Continue entering other words in the T9 mode.
Smart Punctuation
To enter periods, hyphens or apostrophes, press the 1 key. The T9 mode applies rules of grammar to insert the correct punctuation.
Example: The 1 key is used twice to display two punctuation marks.
l | e | t | ‘ | s | e | a | t | . |
Changing the Case
To change the case of the next letter(s) that you type, press the 
key. There are three cases:
•Lower Case (no indicator)
•Initial Capital (
)
•Capital Lock ( 
)
Inserting a Space
To insert a space between words, press the 
key.
Entering a Number directly
To enter a number, press and hold the number key.
40 | 41 |