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Phone language, Entering letters, T9™ Text Input

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Phone language Select the language to use in the phone menus or when writing text. To change the phone language } Settings } General tab } Language } Phone language. Select a language. In standby, you can also press 8888 for automatic language. 0000 for English. Most SIM cards automatically set the menu language to the country where you bought your SIM card. If not, the predefined language is English. To select writing language 1 } Settings } the General tab } Language } Writing language. 2 Scroll to the language to use and mark it. } Save to exit the menu. Entering letters Enter letters in one of the following ways (text input methods), for example, when writing messages: • Multitap text input • T9™ Text Input To change the text input method Before, or when entering letters, press and hold to change the method. Options when entering letters } More for options when writing a message. To enter letters using multitap input • Press - repeatedly until the desired character appears. • Press to shift between capital and lower-case letters. • Press and hold - to enter numbers. • Press to delete letters or numbers. • Press for the most common punctuation marks. • Press to add a space. T9™ Text Input The T9 Text Input method uses a builtin 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 enter letters using T9 Text Input 1 To enter text, you have to be in a function where text input is possible, for example, } Messaging } Write new } Text message. 2 For example, to write the word "Jane", press , , , . Getting to know the phone 15 This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.

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15
Getting to know the phone
Phone language
Select the language to use in the
phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
}
Settings
}
General
tab
}
Language
}
Phone language
. Select a language.
In standby, you can also press
8888
for automatic language.
0000
for English.
To select writing language
1
}
Settings
}
the
General
tab
}
Language
}
Writing language
.
2
Scroll to the language to use and mark
it.
}
Save
to exit the menu.
Entering letters
Enter letters in one of the following
ways (text input methods), for
example, when writing messages:
°
Multitap text input
°
T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
Before, or when entering letters, press
and hold
to change the method.
Options when entering letters
}
More
for options when writing
a message.
To enter letters using multitap input
°
Press
-
repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
°
Press
to shift between capital
and lower-case letters.
°
Press and hold
-
to enter
numbers.
°
Press
to delete letters
or numbers.
°
Press
for the most common
punctuation marks.
°
Press
to add a space.
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 enter letters using T9 Text Input
1
To enter text, you have
to be in a function where text input
is possible, for example,
}
Messaging
}
Write new
}
Text message
.
2
For example, to write the word “Jane”,
press
,
,
,
Most SIM cards automatically set
the menu language to the country where
you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.
This is the Internet version of the user's guide. © Print only for private use.