Motorola i500plus manual Entering Punctuation and Symbols, Smart Punctuation, Symbols Mode

Using T9® Text Input

Entering Punctuation and Symbols

There are two methods of entering punctuation: Smart Punctuation and Symbols Mode.

Smart Punctuation

T9 Text Input uses Smart Punctuation to apply rules of grammar to insert the correct punctuation within a word and at the end of a sentence. To insert punctuation, press 1. If the punctuation mark displayed is not the one you want, press 0 until you see the desired punctuation.

Then press lr to accept the punctuation and continue typing.

Symbols Mode

You can also enter punctuation and additional symbols using Symbols Mode (SYM). There are four screen pages within symbols mode, offering 32 different symbols.

a b

1=. 2=! 3=? 4=, 5=- 6=“ 7=” 8=( 9=)

More SYM1

a b

1=@ 2=# 3=: 4=/ 5=$ 6=& 7=% 8=+ 9=*

More SYM2

a b

1=; 2=< 3=> 4== 5=[ 6=] 7=_ 8={ 9=}

More SYM3

a b

1=~ 2=’ 3=^ 4= 5=\

More SYM4

1From any screen that displays one of the four text entry modes

(word, alpha, SYM, NUM), press the rightountil “SYM” dis- plays and the first page of symbols appears.

2To select a symbol, press the number that corresponds with the symbol you want to enter. If the symbol you want to enter is not displayed, proceed to step 3.

3Pressounder “More”. The SYM2 screen displays. Repeat to access additional symbol pages SYM3 and SYM4. To select the desired punctuation, press the number that corresponds with the symbol you want to enter.

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