User's Manual

T9 text entry
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T9 text entry
Text entry with "T9"
"T9" deduces the correct word from
the individual key entries by making
comparisons with an extensive
dictionary.
Activate, deactivate T9
§Options§ Open the text menu.
T9-Eingabe Select.
T9 bevorzugt
Select.
p
Activate T9.
§Select§ Confirm.
To activate or deactivate
T9 temporarily:
#
Select Input language
Select the language in which you
want to compose your message.
§Options§ Open the text menu.
T9 input
Select.
Input language Select.
§Select§ Confirm, the new lan-
guage is set.
Languages with T9
support are marked by the
T9 symbol.
Create a word using T9
Since the display changes as you
proceed
it is best if you finish a word without look-
ing at the display.
You simply press the keys where the
relevant letter is located once only.
For "hotel", for example, type:
4 6 8 3 5
1
Press. A blank ends a
word.
*
Press repeatedly before the
word for lowercase/up-
percase letters, digits or
special characters.
Do not use special characters such as
Ä but write the standard character,
e.g. A, T9 will do the rest for you.
Note
Enter special characters..................p. 104
0
Full stop. Ends a word when a
blank follows. Acts as a wild-
card character for an apostro-
phe/hyphen in the word:
e. g. §provider.s§ = provider’s.
B
Go to the right. Ends a word.
#
Press briefly: Switch be-
tween: abc, Abc, T9abc,
T9Abc, digits. Status indicator
at the top line of the display.
Hold down: All input modes
are displayed..
*
Press briefly: Select special
characters (p. 104).
Hold down: Open input menu
(p. 105).
T9 dictionaries for other languages can be
found at: www.my-siemens.com/t9