Toshiba G500 manual Method indicators, Multi-press mode

Input	Text Input
	Input methods
Text
	Your Toshiba phone has three text input methods:
	• Multi-press
	• XT9
	• Numeric
	Multi-press and XT9 modes are used for text, and
	Numeric mode is used for number entry.
	Method indicators
	When you move the cursor into a field that requires
	you to enter text or numbers, it will auto-select an
	appropriate input method. The present mode
	indicator will display one of the following text input
	methods in the top right corner of the status bar:
	• abc - Multi-press text mode, lower case.
	• ABC - Multi-press mode, initial letter is upper
	case and subsequent letters are lower case.
	• ABC - Multi-press text mode with caps lock.
	• 123 - Numeric mode.
	• xt9 - XT9 input mode, lower case.
	• xT9 - XT9 input mode, initial letter upper case,
	subsequent letters lower case.
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• xT9 - XT9 input mode with caps lock.

Multi-press mode

Your keypad has numbers 0 through 9, plus the * and # keys. Each number key also represents three or four letters. In Multi-press mode, enter a letter by repeatedly pressing the key that contains the letter you want until that letter is displayed.

EXAMPLE: To enter the letter c, press the 2 key three times quickly.

To select another character from the same key that you have just been using, you need to pause before starting to type again. To set the pause time period, select Start > Settings > Accessibility > Multi- press Timeout.

When in Multi-press mode, the mode indicator will show either abc, Abc, or ABC indicating lower case, initial capital letter, or upper case.

TIP: When using Multi-press mode, the first letter of a sentence is automatically

capitalised.