User manual

10 Text or number entry
4 • Text or number entry
Text can be entered in editing screens in two different
ways: by using T9
®
predictive Text Input, or basic
text input. Two other modes for numbers and
punctuation marks, are also available. Icons appearing
on the screen show the active text mode.
T9
®
predictive Text Input is an intelligent editing
mode for messages, including a comprehensive
dictionary. It allows you to quickly enter text. Press
only once on the key corresponding to each letter
needed to spell a word: keystrokes input are analysed
and the word suggested by T9
®
is displayed in the edit
screen. If several words are available according to the
keys used, the word you entered is highlighted: press
< or > to browse the list and to choose from
those proposed by the T9
®
built-in dictionary (see
example below).
How to use it?
Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
Example: how to enter the word "home":
1. Press 4 6 6 3 . The screen displays
the first word of a list:
Good .
2. Press > to scroll and select Home .
3. Press , or 1 to confirm selection of the
word
Home .
T9
®
Text input
2 to 9 To key in letters.
< or >
To browse the list of candidate words.
, or 1 To confirm entry.
c
Short press to clear one entry, long
press to clear all text.
0
Shift from Standard, to lower, to
UPPER case.
*
Shift from T9
®
to basic mode, to
numeric mode.
#
Shift to symbols and punctuation
mode. Press
> to scroll.