User's Manual Part 1
Chapter 7
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Using Multipress mode
Multipress mode allows you to enter text by pressing the assigned key once, twice quickly, or so until
your desired character appears. For example, to enter the letters P, Q, R, or S, you use the 7 key .
Press once for P, twice for Q, three times for R, and four times for S. The letter entered most recently is
underlined until you have completed the keypresses for the letter and moved on to the next letter.
In Multipress mode, you can lock in a letter in several ways: press the Right navigation key, press the
space key , or pause and enter the next letter.
To Change the Multipress time out
On the Home screen, press Start > Settings > More > Accessibility. In Multipress time out, select
the length of the pause between key presses.
Using T9 mode
To form a word in T9 mode, press the numeric keys that contain the letters you want. As you enter
letters,T9analyzesyourkeypressesandattemptstocompletetheword.Forexample,toenterthe
word “today”, press 8 , 6 , 3 , 2 , 9 .
To enter text in T9 mode
1. Press and hold * and select T9. The T9 indicator appears at the top of the screen.
2. Enter letters by pressing the keys on which the letters appear. Press a key only once for each
letter. If there is more than one choice in the T9 dictionary for your entry, a list of available words
is displayed.