Microsoft Smartphone 2002 manual Entering text in T9 mode, Entering numbers in Numeric mode

14 Windows® Powered Smartphone 2002 User’s Guide

2.Under Multipress time out, select the time interval you want for the pause between keypresses, and press the Done soft key.

4To enter punctuation in Multipress mode

§ Press 1 repetitively to cycle through common punctuation.

Entering text in T9 mode

When you are in T9 mode, just press the number keys that contain the letters you want to form a word. T9 will then analyze your keypresses and attempt to complete the word.

For example:

§To enter the word “shoe”, press 7, 4, 6, 3.

4To enter text using T9 mode

1.Press and hold the Asterisk (*) key until the T9 indicator appears on the title bar.

2.Enter the numerical sequence that represents the word you want to form.

3.Press the Pound (#) key to accept the word and enter a space after it, or press 0 to scroll through the available words.

4.If you do not see the correct word, erase the word, and then press and hold the Asterisk (*) key to switch to Multipress mode, and manually enter the word.

Having trouble entering a word in T9 mode?

T9 cannot always find the word you want in the T9 dictionary; in these cases, switch to Multipress mode. After you have entered the word in Multipress mode, the word will be added to the T9 dictionary.

4To enter punctuation in T9 mode

§ Press 1, then 0 to cycle through common punctuation.

Entering numbers in Numeric mode

When you are in Numeric mode, just press the number(s) you want to enter on the keypad. If a field permits a numerical entry only, such as the Work phone field in Contacts, the input mode will automatically default to Numeric mode.

Miscellaneous input tasks

4To enter a space

§In Multipress or T9 mode, press the Pound (#) key on the keypad.

4To start a new line

§Press the Action button.

4To change between uppercase and lowercase in text mode

§Press the Asterisk (*) key to change between uppercase and lowercase.

Tip: When you are in text mode, the first letter of a sentence is automatically capitalized.

4To lock caps

§Press the Asterisk (*) key twice. Press the Asterisk (*) key again to return to lowercase.