User's Manual

Text or number entry 11
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.
What is it?
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).
You can choose the language in which your message
will be written by selecting
Settings > Device >
T9 Input.
How to use it?
Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
T9
®
Text input
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2 to 9 To key in letters and numbers.
0
Short press: full stop.
Long press: 0.
R To browse the list of candidate words.
1 or >
To confirm entry and/or insert a space.
L To clear an entry.
)
To quit the editing window, whether
you save the message or not.
*
Short press: to shift from Standard, to
lower, to UPPER case to numbers, in
T9
®
or basic text mode.
Long press: to display the ponctuation
and symbols table, which you browse
using the navigation key.
#
To shift from T9
®
to basic mode.
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