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T9®text input feature

This is a feature enabling you to more easily use SMS messaging. Unlike the conventional way of en- tering/editing texts where you have to press one key up to several times to enter the desired letter, the T9 feature allows you to com- pose text messages with only one keypress per letter.

T9 Text Input compares your key- presses to words in its own linguis- tic database and displays the most commonly used matching word.

Example: Try to type »Call office« by pressing the following keys in order:

As you saw, the displayed word changed as you typed it. Therefore, always type to the end of the word before you start editing.

If the displayed word is the one

you intended, just press to insert a space before the next word and continue entering the next word.

If the displayed word is not the one you intended, use the arrow

keys and to scroll through alternative word choices. When you see the correct word , press to insert a space before the next word and continue entering the next word.

When you have completed your

message, press »ACCEPT«.

The first letter will always be capi- talized, which is indicated by the symbol in the upper right-hand corner of the display. The second letter will automatically be lowercase. Press if you want to enter an uppercse letter again.

If you want to activate the caps

lock function, press twice.

While the caps lock is active the

symbol will be seen in the dis- play. To disable the caps lock func-

tion, just press

again.

To enter digits into your message,

press .

A grid of digits appears and you can press the digit you want to enter.

In T9 mode, periods, hyphens and

apostrophes are automatically inserted in the highlighted word by

pressing

.

Additional punctuation and sym-

bols can also be accessed by

pressing

.You will now have

access to five different pages con- taining up to 9 symbols each. You can scroll through the pages by using the arrow keys. You select the intended symbol by pressing the relevant key, e.g. on page one 7 corresponds to “@“. Just press »EXIT« to return to your text mes- sage if you do not want to enter an additional punctuation.

Typing words not found in the T9

linguistic database

While in T9 mode, press the

side key until the or indicator

appears in the display.

Type the word.

Press the side key until the indicator appears in the

display again, and continue using T9 mode.

Adding words to the

T9 linguistic database

Follow steps 1 to 2 as described above. When you have completed the word you want to store, press »ACCEPT« ,and the word is auto- matically stored in the database.

Writing compound words

Long, compound words may not be in T9’s linguistic database, but often their individual parts are available.

Enter the first part of the word, press »ACCEPT« and then enter the second part.

The memory of the database can be filled. When this happens, words which are never or rarely used will be deleted to make room for the words you want to store.

Different T9 languages

The T9 linguistic database is offered in a variety of languages and is independent of the language of your phone. Normally you will prob- ably set your phone to your local language, but from time to time it might be convenient to select other languages.

Selection of the T9 language is explained in the Setup menu under Message setup (p. 64).

Disabling the T9 feature

If your normal local language is not supported by the T9 database, you have to enter your text messages in the conventional way with multi- ple presses per letter, and if this is the case, it may be convenient to disable the T9 feature.

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