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Section 4: Entering Text Topics Covered • Changing the Text Input Method • Using the T9 Input Method • Using the Alphabet Input Method • Using the Numeric Input Method • Using the Symbols Input Method Changing the Text Input Method This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry system to reduce the amount of key strokes associated with entering text. Changing the Text Input Method The Text Input option switches the key entry functions from an T9 Alphabet, ABC (Alphabet), Numeric Mode, and Symbols Mode. T9 Input Method (T9EAb, T9EAB, T9Eab) This input method allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key can enter J, K, or L. However, the T9 method automatically compares the series of keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most likely word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet mode. The T9 EAb method makes the initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as lowercase. The T9 EAB method all characters uppercase. The T9 Eab method makes all characters lowercase. ABC (Alphabet) Input Method (abc, Abc, ABC) This input method allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or four times until it displays. The abc method makes all characters of the word lowercase. The Abc method makes the initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as lowercase. The ABC method makes all characters of the word uppercase. Entering Text 33

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Changing the Text Input Method
Section 4: Entering Text
Topics Covered
Changing the Text Input Method
Using the T9 Input Method
Using the Alphabet Input Method
Using the Numeric Input Method
Using the Symbols Input Method
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering
characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9 predictive
text entry system to reduce the amount of key strokes associated with entering text.
Changing the Text Input Method
The
Text Input
option switches the key entry functions from an T9 Alphabet,
ABC (Alphabet), Numeric Mode, and Symbols Mode.
T9 Input Method (T9EAb, T9EAB, T9Eab)
This input method allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each
key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing the 5 key can
enter J, K, or L. However, the
T9
method automatically compares the series of
keystrokes you make with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most
likely word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional Alphabet mode.
The
T9 EAb
method makes the initial character an uppercase while the remaining
characters are left as lowercase. The
T9 EAB
method all characters uppercase. The
T9 Eab
method makes all characters lowercase.
ABC (Alphabet) Input Method (abc, Abc, ABC)
This input method allows you to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the
letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or four times until it displays.
The
abc
method makes all characters of the word lowercase. The
Abc
method
makes the initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as
lowercase. The
ABC
method makes all characters of the word uppercase.