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Using T9 Text Input
Special Key Functions
Some of your phone’s keys assume different functions while in T9 Text Input Word mode.
Backspace and Erase
Press Aunder DELETE once to backspace or to erase a single character. Press and hold A under DELETE to erase the entire text entry field.
Space
Press R once to accept a word and insert a space when entering text.
Next Word in Database
Press 0 to display more words in the database that match the keystroke sequence you entered.
Shift and Caps Lock
Press # to make the next letter typed uppercase (Shift), to make all subsequent letters types uppercase (Caps Lock), or to go back to lowercase letters.
These icons appear in the top row of your display screen:
•$ for Shift to uppercase
•x for Caps Lock
When neither of these icons appear, letters typed are lowercase.
NOTE:T9 Text Input automatically makes the first letter of a sentence uppercase.
Punctuation
In Word mode, T9 Text Input uses Smart Punctuation to quickly apply basic rules of grammar to insert the correct punctuation within a word and at the end of a sentence.
Press 1 to insert punctuation. One of eight basic punctuation symbols will be inserted (. , - ’ @ : ? ;).
Press 0 to change the inserted punctuation symbol to another of the eight basic punctuation symbols.
Press R to accept the punctuation and continue typing.
NOTE:Additional punctuation symbols are available in Symbols mode.
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