User Guide

Text entry
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3. Text entry
You can use two methods for entering text and numbers: standard mode and
predictive text mode.
•Select Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character.
•Select and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete characters.
■ Standard mode
Standard mode is the only way to enter text into the contacts list and to rename
caller groups.
Text (Abc)
Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key and twice for the second
letter, etc. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and your
device awaits the next entry.
• Press 0 to enter a space and accept a completed word.
• Press 1 to insert a period into your message.
• Press and hold * to display a complete list of special characters.
• Press and hold # to switch between letters and numbers.
Numbers (123)
To switch from Abc mode to 123 mode, press and hold # at any message entry screen.
Punctuation and special characters
While at any text entry screen, press * to display special characters (press and hold *
if predictive text is on). Press * again to cycle through all available characters. To
navigate through the list of special characters, use the scroll keys. Once a character
is highlighted, select Insert to insert the character into your message.
■ Predictive text mode
To write messages quickly, use predictive text mode with your keypad and the
built-in dictionary. Predictive text mode is much faster than the standard mode
method because you do not need to scroll through the letters on each key to spell
a word. The dictionary determines which word to enter based on the keys selected.