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Entering Text, Launching a Main Menu Item, Text Input Mode

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Launching a Main Menu Item Each item on the Main Menu leads to an application or a submenu. To launch a Main Menu item: 1. From the Home screen, press Menu. 2. Use the Up, Down, Left, and Right Navigation keys to select an item and press Select. - or - Press the number (1 - 9) associated with the item (see "Main Menu Items" on page 23). Tip: The number method can be used in List or Grid mode. Entering Text The following describes how to select the desired text entry mode when entering characters into your phone. It also describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry system to reduce the number of key strokes needed to enter text. Text Input Mode The Text Mode options are T9, ABC, or Numeric mode. • T9 Mode: Enter words with fewer keystrokes. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key can enter J, K, or L. The T9 mode automatically compares the series of keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most likely word, thus requiring fewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode. • ABC Mode: Enter alphabetic characters by pressing the key labeled with the corresponding letter or number you want. Press the key one, two, three, or four times until it displays. • Numeric Mode: Used to enter numbers. • Symbols Mode: Enter symbols, such as punctuation marks. Understanding Your Phone 24

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Launching a Main Menu Item
Each item on the Main Menu leads to an application or a ±
submenu.±
To launch a Main Menu item:±
1.
From the Home screen, press
Menu
.
2.
Use the Up, Down, Left, and Right Navigation keys to
select an item and press
Select
.
– or –
Press the number (
1
-
9
) associated with the item (see
“Main Menu Items”
on page 23).
Tip:
The number method can be used in List or Grid mode.
Entering Text
The following describes how to select the desired text entry
mode when entering characters into your phone. It also
describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry system to
reduce the number of key strokes needed to enter text.
Text Input Mode
The
Text Mode
options are T9, ABC, or Numeric mode.
•
T9 Mode
: Enter words with fewer keystrokes. Each key on the
keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key
can enter J, K, or L. The T9 mode automatically compares the
series of keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic
dictionary to determine the most likely word, thus requiring fewer
keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.
•
ABC Mode
: Enter alphabetic characters by pressing the key
labeled with the corresponding letter or number you want. Press
the key one, two, three, or four times until it displays.
•
Numeric Mode
: Used to enter numbers.
•
Symbols Mode
: Enter symbols, such as punctuation marks.
Understanding Your Phone
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