Getting Started 35

Use the Keypad

Use the keypad to dial phone numbers or type short text messages.

To change the input mode

1.Press and hold the *XT9 key.

2.On the menu, click the input mode you want.

Use Multipress mode

In Multipress mode, you enter a character by pressing the numeric key on which the character appears.

To enter text in Multipress mode

To enter the first character on the numeric key, press once. To enter the second character on the numeric key, press twice, and so on.

To enter character that are on the same numeric key, pause after you enter the first character.

To enter punctuation, press 1 repeatedly until you see the punctuation you want.

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 enter 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 XT9 mode

1.Press and hold the *XT9 key.

2.On the menu, click XT9 English.

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HTC WING220 user manual Use the Keypad, Use Multipress mode, Use XT9 mode