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These icons appear in the top row of your display screen:
•$ for Shift to uppercase
•x for Caps Lock
When neither of these icons appear, letters typed are lowercase.
Punctuation
In Word mode, T9 Text Input uses Smart Punctuation to quickly apply basic rules of grammar to insert the correct punctuation within a word and at the end of a sentence.
Press 1 to insert punctuation. One of eight basic punctuation symbols will be inserted (. , - ’ @ : ? ;).
Press 0to change the inserted punctuation symbol to another of the eight basic punctuation symbols.
Press R to accept the punctuation and continue typing.
NOTE:Additional punctuation symbols are available in Symbols mode.
Entering a Word
To enter a word using Word mode:
1Choose Word as your text entry mode.
2Type a word by using one key press per desired letter.
For example, to type “test” press 8 3 7 8.
NOTE:The displayed word may change as you type it. Do not try to correct the word as you go. Type to the end of the word before editing.
3After you have finished typing the word, if the word that appears is not the desired word, press 0 to change the word on the display to the next most likely word in the database.
Repeat until the desired word appears.
If the desired word does not appear, you can add it to the database of words by deleting the displayed word and using the following instructions in “Adding Words to the User Database” on page 31.
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