Motorola i500plus manual Entering Text Using T9 Text Input word mode

Using T9® Text Input

Shift: Press and hold # until you hear a beep to make the next letter uppercase. The text entry mode indicator will change to reflect the current case. For example, when in lowercase the text entry mode will appear as “word” or “alpha.” When in uppercase, the text entry mode will appear as “WORD” or “ALPHA.”

Punctuation: Press 1 to automatically insert a period, a comma or an apostrophe. Press 0 to display additional punctuation choices. Press

lr to accept the punctuation and continue typing.

Entering Text Using T9 Text Input (word mode)

To learn how to enter text using T9 Text Input technology, follow the instructions below:

1From any screen that displays one of the four text entry modes (word, alpha, SYM, NUM), press the rightountil “word” displays.

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2Type your word by using one key-press per desired letter. The displayed word may change as you type it. Do not try to correct the word as you go. Type to the end of the word before editing. T9 Text Input matches your key strokes to words in its database and will display the most commonly used matching word.

3If the word that appears is not the desired word, press 0 to change the word on the display to the next most likely word. Repeat until the desired word appears.

NOTE: If the phone is not able to guess the word you are attempt-

ing to spell, press lr to erase the current word on your screen. Press the rightountil you see “alpha” and enter the word using the standard multi-tap option (see Entering Text Using Alpha Mode & Adding Words to the T9 Database). When you return to T9 Text Input (word mode) the word you just typed is automatically added to the T9 database.

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