Samsung SGH-A187 User Manual (user Manual) (ver.f5) (English) - Page 32

Text Input Mode, Changing Text Input Mode, Numeric Mode

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3. Symbols/Emoticons ( ): Press to display several screens of symbols. Press the key and then the key to display Emoticons. 4. Space ( ): press to insert an empty space. Double press inserts a period and a space. 5. Enter ( ): Press to start a new line. 6. Backspace ( ): Press to delete the previous character, similar to the backspace key on a computer keyboard. You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right Navigation keys. Press the key to delete letters. Press and hold the key to clear all letters in the display. Text Input Mode The Text Mode option allows you to choose T9, ABC, or Numeric mode. • T9 Mode: allows you to enter words with fewer keystrokes. 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: allows you to enter alphabetic characters by pressing the key labeled with the corresponding letter. 28 • Numeric Mode: allows you to enter numbers. • Symbols Mode: allows you to enter symbols, such as punctuation marks. Changing Text Input Mode ᮣ Press Options ➔ Text Mode. Choose from the following options: abc, Abc, ABC, T9abc, T9Abc, T9ABC, or 123. Text Input Mode Indicator When you are in a text entry field, the Text Input Mode indicator displays. Text Input Mode indicator

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3.
Symbols/Emoticons (
)
: Press to display several screens
of symbols. Press the
key and then the
key to
display Emoticons.
4.
Space (
)
: press to insert an empty space.
Double press inserts a period and a space.
5.
Enter (
)
: Press to start a new line.
6.
Backspace (
)
: Press to delete the previous character,
similar to the backspace key on a computer keyboard.
You can move the cursor by using the
Left
and
Right
Navigation
keys.
Press the
key to delete letters. Press and hold the
key
to clear all letters in the display.
Text Input Mode
The
Text Mode
option allows you to choose T9, ABC, or Numeric
mode.
T9 Mode
: allows you to enter words with fewer keystrokes. 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
: allows you to enter alphabetic characters by pressing the
key labeled with the corresponding letter.
Numeric Mode
: allows you to enter numbers.
Symbols Mode
: allows you to enter symbols, such as punctuation
marks.
Changing Text Input Mode
±
Press
Options
Text Mode
.
Choose from the following options:
abc
,
Abc
,
ABC
,
T9abc
,
T9Abc
,
T9ABC
, or
123
.
Text Input Mode Indicator
When you are in a text entry field, the Text Input Mode
indicator displays.
Text Input Mode
indicator