Owner's Manual

Text Input
You can input and edit your Contacts, Messages,
Banner, Scheduler, Notepad..
Key Functions
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Right Soft Key (Left Soft Key) : Press to scroll
access the following text input modes:
T9Word / Abc / 123 / Symbols / Smiley
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Shift : Press to change the latter case.
• T9 text: T9Word > T9WORD > T9word
• Abc text: Abc > ABC > abc
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Next : In T9 mode, press to display other
matching words.
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Space : Press to complete a word and insert a
space.
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Clear : Press to delete a single space or character.
Press and hold to delete entire words.
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Punctuation : In T9 mode, press to insert
punctuation in a word and complete a sentence.
Text Input Modes
There are five modes for entering text, numbers,
special characters and punctuation. In a text entry
field, pressing Right Soft Key (or Left Soft Key)
displays a pop-up list of text modes.
T9Word (T9) Mode
Use to type text using one keystroke per letter.
The phone translates keystrokes into common words
by using the letters on each key and a compressed
database.
Abc (Multi-tap) Mode
Use to add words to the T9 database. 123
(Numbers) Mode Use to type numbers using one
keystroke per number.
Symbols Mode
Use to insert special characters or punctuation.
There are 33 special characters including “SP” which
inserts a space and “LF” which forces the text to the
next line.
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ENTERING AND EDITING INFORMATION
ENTERING AND EDITING INFORMATION
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