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You can enter text, numbers, and symbols into
your phone using Alpha, Word, Numeric, or
Symbol text input modes.
When you access a screen that requires you to
enter text, you start in the mode last used.
To choose a text input m ode:
1At a screen that require s you to enter text, press
m.
2Select the text input mode you want to use. A
checkmark appea rs next to the cur rent mode.
Using Word Mode
In Word mode, T9 Text I nput analyzes the letters
on the keypad button yo u pres s a nd arr a nges th em
to create words. As you type , T9 Text Input
matches your keystrokes to words in its database
and displays the most commonly used matching
word. You can ad d you own words to th is
database.
Entering a Word
1Select Word as you r text input mode.
2Type a word by pressing one key for each letter.
For example, to type “test” press 8 3 7
8.
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 befo re editing.
3If the word that appear s is not the desired word,
press 0 to change the word on the display to
the next most likely wo rd in the database.
Repeat until the desired word appears.
If the desired word does not appea r , you ca n ad d it
to the database.
l Alpha — Press a ke y several times f or each
character.
jWord — Press a key once for each letter
while words likely to be the one you wa nt are
chosen from a database.
iSymbols — Enter punctu ation and other
symbols.
kNumeric — Enter numbers.