Entering Text

When using your phone, you will often need to enter text, such as when storing a name in the Contact list, creating your personal greeting or scheduling events on your calendar. You can enter alphanumeric characters by using your phone’s keypad.

Your phone has the following text input modes:

T9 mode: This mode allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one

letter; for example, when you press the key once, J, K or L

displays. T9 mode automatically compares your keystrokes with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the correct word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet mode.

Alphabet mode: this mode allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three or four times until the desired character displays.

Number mode: this mode allows you to enter numbers.

Symbol mode: this mode allows you to enter various symbols and special characters.

Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters to be entered, you will notice the text input mode indicator near the top-right corner of the display.

Press to change case or to switch to Number mode ( ).

Press and hold to switch between T9 ( ) and ABC ( ) modes.

Press and hold to switch to Symbol mode ( ).

Using T9 Mode

T9 is a predictive text input mode that allows you to key in any character using a single keystroke. This text input mode is based on a

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Samsung SGH-D606 Entering Text, Changing the Text Input Mode, Using T9 Mode, Your phone has the following text input modes