Text Entry Operations 33

Text Entry Operations

Text Entry
Operations
You can use your phone’s keypad to type and store text using
letters, numbers and symbols. Typically, you enter text to
store names and phone numbers in the phonebook, to update
the welcome screen, to create text messages, to edit text
messages you receive, and to create a personalized reminder
if you are using the phone’s alarm.

Text Entry Methods

When a feature requires a text entry, the display prompts you
to enter text. The text may be entered using either Letter Entry
(ABC) mode or Word Entry (Word T9®) mode.
Letter Entry (ABC) mode is the traditional method of entering
text in mobile phones. This method is best when entering text
that is not commonly found in a dictionary (for example,
names of people or places). Letters are entered by pressing a
key associated with a desired character once, twice, three
times, or four times until the character appears on the display.
Word Entry (Word T9) mode allows you to quickly type text
with the aid of a built-in dictionary. Press each key only once
for each letter and the dictionary will automatically display
probable word choices for you.
To change entry mode, press when , ,
, , , ,
or are displayed.
In Letter Entry mode, press briefly to delete the last-
entered character. In Word Entry mode, press briefly
to delete the last-entered character or an entered word.
In both Letter Entry and Word Entry modes, press and
hold to delete the entire entry.
In Letter Entry mode, the key is used to enter a
space or the number “1”. In Word Entry mode, the
key enters a space only.
The key is not used to enter any letters.