Sony Ericsson S710a User Guide - Page 12

Getting to know your phone Shortcuts A quicker way to move through the menus is to use shortcuts. Using keypad shortcuts Enter the menus by pressing and then enter the number of the menu you want. For example, to reach the fifth menu item, press . To reach the tenth, eleventh and twelfth menu items, press , and respectively. To create a standby shortcut Press in a direction for which there is no predefined shortcut. } Yes when you are asked if you want to create a shortcut. Scroll to a function that you want to create a shortcut to } Shortcut. Entering letters There are two ways of entering letters, for example, when writing a message or writing a name in the phonebook: • Multitap text input You press each key as many times as needed for the letter you want. • 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 use T9 Text Input, you must select either Standard abc or 123... as the writing language. To edit a standby shortcut } Settings } the General tab } Shortcuts and select the shortcut to edit } Edit. Scroll to a function that you want to create a new shortcut to } Shortcut. More options } More to enter a list of options. There are different alternatives in the list of options depending on where you are in the menus. Writing languages Before you start entering letters, you need to select the languages that you want to use. When writing, you can switch to one of your selected languages by pressing and holding . To select writing language } Settings } the General tab } Language } Writing Language. Scroll to each language that you want to use and mark it. } Save to exit the menu. This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use. 11