Sony Ericsson V800 Entering text

2.7	Entering text

Entering letters

There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing a name in the phonebook:

•Multitap text input

You press each key as many times as needed to show the letter you want.

•T9™ Text Input

The T9 Text Input method uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most commonly used word for each sequence of key presses. This way, you press each key only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.

Writing languages

Switching writing language

When writing, you can switch to one of your selected languages

by pressing and holding .

Before you start entering letters, you need to select the languages that you want to use when writing.

To select writing language

1.} Settings } the General tab } Language } Writing language.

2.Scroll to each language that you want to use and mark it. } Save to exit the menu.

To enter letters using multitap text input

1.To enter text, you have to be in a function where text input is possible, for example } Messaging } Create message } SMS.

2.Press the appropriate key, – , or , repeatedly until the character you want appears on the screen. You can see which characters you can choose from for a specific key in the box in the top right corner of the screen.