T9®Text Input
Usingthis mode of text entry dramatically reduces the number of key
pressesrequired:
Pressa key once for any letter you require on that key. The desired
lettermay not be displayed. Continue pressing other keys until the
endof a word is reached; then check that the word has been typed
correctlybefore continuing on to the next word by pressing #or c.
Ifthe combination of letters typed has produced a word which is not
theone you require, press 0repeatedly until the correct word is
displayed.Continue to the next word.
Ifthe word you require is not in the internal dictionary (i.e. it is a
propernoun or a rarely used word) you should enter it using the
Normal(U) mode.
Other Text Modes
Toaccess any of the other text entry modes use Pto cycle through
untilthe desired mode is displayed in the Information Area.
Whenusing Normal (U), Greek (V) or Extended (W) text entry
modes,each time a key is pressed in quick succession it displays the
nextcharacter available on that key (or if the key is pressed and held
downit scrolls through the available characters). Releasing the key,
orpressing another key enters the currently displayed character and
thecursor moves to the next position.
Editing Text
Pressing emoves you up or down one text line (or field in
Phonebook).Pressing fmoves you left or right one character (or to
the first character of the previous or next word when using T9®text
entrymode). When the cursor is moved over a character and another
key pressed, this inserts the new character immediately before the
selectedcharacter. Pressing Cdeletes the character to the left of the
cursoror deletes the current line when pressed and held.
T9
®
is a trademark of Tegic Communications Inc. T9
®
Text Input is licensed under
one or more of the following: U.S. Pat. Nos. 5,818,437, 5,953,541, 5,187,480,
5,945,928, and 6,011,554; Canadian Pat. No. 1,331,057; United Kingdom Pat. No.
2238414B; Hong Kong Standard Pat. No.HK0940329; Republic of Singapore Pat.
No. 51383; Euro.Pat. No. 0 842 463 (96927260.8) DE/DK, FI, FR, IT, NL, PT.ES,
SE, GB; andadditional patents are pending worldwide.
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