Samsung SGH-A997 User Manual Ver.lk8_f6 (English(north America)) - Page 30

Section 3: Entering Text 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. Using the Text Input Methods The Input Method option switches the key entry functions from ABC (Alphabetic), T9 Alphabetic (predictive text mode), 123 (Numeric Mode), and Symbols Mode. ABC (Alphabetic) Input Method (abc, Abc, and ABC) Use this input method to enter letters by pressing the key labeled with the letter you want. Press the key once, twice, three, or four times until the desired letter 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. 25 T9 Predictive Text Input Method (T9Eab, T9EAb, and T9EAB) Use this input method to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter; for example, pressing 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 Alphabetic mode. The T9Eab method makes all characters lowercase. The T9EAb method makes the initial character an uppercase while the remaining characters are left as lowercase. The T9EAB method makes all characters uppercase. Note: The E indicates English. S is displayed for Spanish and F is displayed for French. Numeric Use this mode to enter numbers. Symbols Use this mode to enter symbols, such as punctuation marks.