User's Manual
16 Getting to know the phone
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for
example, when writing messages:
• Multitap text input
• T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold to change the method.
Options when entering letters
} More for options when writing
a message.
To enter letters using multitap input
• Press - repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
• Press to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
• Press and hold - to
enter numbers.
• Press to delete letters or
numbers.
• Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
• Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses
a built-in dictionary to recognize the
most commonly used word for each
sequence of key presses. This way,
you press each key only once, even
if the letter you want is not the first
letter on the key.
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1 To enter text, you have to be in a
function where text input is possible,
for example, } Messaging } Write
new } Text message.
2 For example, to write the word “Jane”,
press , , , .
3 If the word shown is the one you want,
press to accept and add a space.
To accept a word without adding a
space, press . If the word shown is
not the one you want, press or
repeatedly to view alternative words.
Accept a word and add a space by
pressing .
4 Continue writing the message.
To enter a mark, press and
then or repeatedly, press
to accept and add a space.
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