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text entry
Some features let you enter text.
Press
#
in a text entry view to select an
entry mode:
To set your primary and secondary text entry
modes, press
Options
>
Text S etu p
in a text
entry view and select
Primary Text
or
Secondary
Text
.
ÂÆ
Options Send To
Msg SMS:0
For indicator
descriptions
see following
section.
Flashing
cursor
indicates
insertion point.
Press the
Options
key to
open the sub-menu.
After you
enter text,
press the
Send To
key to
enter
recipients.
entry modes
Û
or
Ô
Primary
text entry mode can be set
to any iTAP™
Û
or tap
Ô
mode.
Ú
or
Õ
Secondary
text entry mode can be
set to any iTAP
Ú
or tap
Õ
mode, or set to
None
if you don’t
want a secondary entry mode.
ÃNumeric
mode enters numbers
only.
ÄSymbol
mode enters symbols only.
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iTAP™ and Tap mode tips
•
Press
0
in a text entry view to change
text case to all capital letters (
á
), no
capitals (
Á
), or next letter capital
(
Â
).
•
To enter numbers quickly, press and
hold a number key to temporarily
switch to numeric mode. Press the
number keys to enter the numbers you
want. Enter a space to change back to
iTAP or Tap mode.
•
Press
1
to enter punctuation or other
characters.
•
Press
S
to move the flashing cursor
to enter or edit message text.
•
Press
D
to delete the character to the
left of the cursor. Hold
D
to delete the
word.
•
To cancel your message, press
O
.

iTAP™ mode

Press
#
in a text entry view to switch to iTAP
mode. If you don’t see
Û
or
Ú
, press
Options
>
Text S etu p
to set iTAP mode as your
primary or secondary text entry mode.
iTAP mode lets you enter words using one
keypress per letter. The iTAP software
combines your keypresses into common
words and predicts each word as you enter it.
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For example, if you press
7764
,
your display shows:
If you want a different word (such as
Progress
),
continue pressing keypad keys to enter the
remaining letters.
Tip:
Don’t worry if you forget how iTAP
works. In a text entry display, you can press
Options
>
Text Se tu p
>
Text Tut ori al
to see an
explanation.

tap and tap extended modes

Press
#
in a text entry view to switch to tap
mode. If you don’t see
ÂÔ
or
ÂÕ
, press
Options
>
Text Se tu p
to set tap mode as your
primary or secondary text entry mode.
To enter text in
TAP
mode, press a keypad key
repeatedly to cycle through the letters and
number on the key. Repeat this step to enter
each letter. The
Tap Ex ten de d
mode works the
same way, but includes more special
characters and symbols.
ÁÚ
Options Send To
Msg SMS:7
Hold
S
up or
down to see a
list of word
options.
Press
Options
key to open
message
options.
Press
Send To
when the
message is complete.
Press
*
to
enter a space
at the cursor.
Program
X
Press
S
right
to accept
Program
.
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For example, if you press
7
one time, your
display shows:
The first character of every sentence is
capitalised. If necessary, press
S
down to
change the character to lowercase before the
cursor moves to the next position.

numeric mode

Press
#
in a text entry view until you see
Ã
. Press the number keys to enter the
numbers you want.
Shortcut:
You can press and hold a number
key to temporarily switch to numeric mode
from iTAP™ or Tap modes. Press the number
keys to enter the numbers you want. Enter a
space to change back to iTAP mode.

symbol mode

Press
#
in a text entry view until your phone
shows a list of symbols. Scroll to the symbol
you want, then press the centrekey
s
.
ÁÔ
Options Send To
Msg SMS:6
Charater
display at
insertion
point.
Press the
Options
key to
open message
options.
After you enter text, press the
Send To
key to
enter recipients.
Page
After 2
seconds,
your phone
suggests a
word. Press
S
right to
accept it, or
press
*
to
enter a space
at the cursor.