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, 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, thereby accepting 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 bring up the Editor settings (Number mode, Dictionary on/
Dictionary off, Writing language).
Numbers (123)
To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press and hold # at any message entry
screen to bring up the Editor settings menu list of Number mode, Dictionary on/
Dictionary off, and Writing language. Select Number mode, and the device will
return to the message entry screen and switch the ABC icon in the upper left
corner of the display to the 123 icon (or back).
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. You can navigate through the list of special characters by using the
joystick. Once a character is highlighted, select Insert to insert the character into
your message.