Chapter 5 Entering Text 119
. Tap the CAPS shift key ( 
) to enter an uppercase letter. Tap
this key twice to turn Caps Lock on when you need to enter consecutive uppercase letters.
. Press and hold a key to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that is shown on the upper half of the key. For example, to enter number 1, press and hold 
.
If there are accented characters also associated with the key (such as vowel keys), tapping and holding the key displays a selection bar. Slide your finger right or left across the selection bar to choose the accented character that you want to insert to your text.
. Tap 
to choose from more symbols or use a number keypad for faster numeric entry. See “Entering Numbers and Symbols” for details.
5.3 Using Predictive Mode
XT9 is a predictive text input mode which displays a word suggestions list as you enter the first few characters so you just select the word that you want.
To enter text using XT9 mode
1.Make sure that the input mode is set to XT9 ( 
).
2.Start entering the first few letters of a word. As you enter each letter, suggested words will be displayed.
In the word suggestions list, the leftmost word shows the exact letters that you entered, while the other words are suggested words.
