User's Manual

13Getting started
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.
To change the writing language
• Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold and select another
writing language.
Options list
• } 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 .
Multitap input only applies when latin
characters are selected as input
language.