Text Entry Operations 25

Text Entry Operations

Whenever you store an entry in your Phonebook, compose or reply to a
message, or create reminders, you use the phones keypad to enter the
text. There are two methods for entering text:
Letter Entry (ABC)
Word Entry (Word T9®)
Note: To change your text entry mode, press when ,
, , , , , or is d isplayed.

Letter Entry

Letter Entry (ABC) mode is the traditional method of entering text in mobile
phones. This method is best for names of people or places.
Using Letter Entry (ABC) Mode
You are in Letter Entry mode when or is displayed in the
bottom right corner. The default for Letter Entry is uppercase ( ). To
switch between uppercase and lowercase, press .
When using Letter Entry mode, press a key once to ente r the first letter on
the key, press the key twice to enter the second letter on the key, and so
on. For example, press once for the l et t er D, press twice for
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 complete list of characters, see the Key Entry Table on page 27.