Nortel Networks I680 manual Displaying Your Numbers, Entering Text, Selecting a Text Input Mode

Displaying Your Numbers

My Info lets you view your phone number, Direct Connect number, and other phone information.

Press / > Tools > My Info.

Entering Text

Selecting a Text Input Mode

Your phone provides convenient ways to enter letters, numbers, and symbols whenever you are prompted to enter text (for example, when adding a Contacts entry or when composing text and multimedia messages).

Tochooseatextinputmode:

1.At a screen requiring you to enter text, press / to change the text input mode.

2.Select one of the following options:

Alpha to enter text directly using the keypad.

Word to enter text using a predictive text system that reduces the number of key presses required while entering a word. (See page 16.)

Symbols to enter punctuation and other symbols. (See page 18.)

Numeric to enter numbers by pressing the numbers on the keypad. (See page 18.)

Text Input Settings allows you to change the settings for text input mode. (See page 17.)

Insert to insert Quick Notes preset messages

(Insert QNotes) or additional multimedia elements such as pictures or audio files into a message. (See page 54.) (You can also access Quick Notes by pressing QNotes [left softkey] when beginning a message.)

Tip: When entering text, press and hold the # to change letter capitalization (ABC > Abc > abc).

Entering Text Using Word Text Input

Word Text Input (T9) reduces the number of keystrokes needed to enter a word by predicting complete words as you type. While you enter letters, Word mode matches your keystrokes to words in its database and displays the most commonly used matching word. You can add your own words to this database.

16 2. Phone Basics