Text Entry Operations 27

Text Entry Operations

Whenever you store an ent r y i n your Phonebook, compose or reply to a
messag e, or c re at e re minders, yo u use the phone s keypad to enter the
text. Ther e ar e t wo methods for ent er i ng text:
Letter Entry (ABC)
Word Entry (Word T9®)
Note: To change your text ent ry mo de, pr ess when ,
, , , , , or is displayed.

Letter Entry

Letter Entry (ABC) mode is the traditional method of entering text in mobile
phones. T his m et hod is best for nam es of peopl e or places.
Using Letter Entry (ABC) Mode
You ar e in Letter Entry m ode when or is displayed i n th e
bottom right corner. The default for Letter Entry is uppercase ( ). To
switch bet w een upperca se and lowercase, press .
When using Letter Entry mode, press a key once to enter the first letter on
the key, press the key twice to enter the second letter on the key, and so
on. For exam pl e, press once for the let t er D, press twice fo r
the letter E, and so on.
Press once to delete the last-entered
character. Press and hold to delete the entire
entry.
Press or
to scroll across characters, to
move to the next character space, or to add a
blank space.
For a com pl et e lis t of characters, see the Key Entry Table on page 29.