User Manual

2A. Phone Basics 27
Phone Basics
1. Select the T9Word text input mode.
2. Press the corresponding keys once per letter to
enter a word. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”
press .) (If you make a mistake,
press to erase a single character. Press and
hold to erase an entire word.)
If the word you want is not displayed after you have
entered all the letters, press to scroll through
additional word selections. To accept a word and insert
a space, press .
Adding a Word to the T9 Database
If a word you want to enter is not displayed in a T9 word
choice list when you are using T9 Input, add it to the
database.
1. While you are in T9Word mode, enter a letter.
(A word choice list opens.)
2. Scroll down the list and select <Add Word>.
3. Enter a word and press SAVE (left softkey). The
word will appear as an option the next time you
scroll through options during T9 Text Input.
For more information about T9 Text Input, visit the
Nuance website at
http://www.nuance.com/t9/xt9/.
ABC Mode
In Abc mode, also known as multi-tap entry, you press
keys one, two, three, or four times to enter the letters you
see on the keypad.
By default, the first letter of a sentence is capitalized and
the following letters are lowercased. To switch between
lowercase and uppercase, press the key.
1. Select the Abc text input mode. (See “Selecting a
Text Input Mode” on page 26.)
2. Press the corresponding key repeatedly until the
correct letter appears. For example, to enter “Abc,”
press once for “a,” twice for “b,” and three for
“c.”