3. Text entry
Your phone offers four methods for entering text and numbers:
Abc
(sentence case, uppercase, and lowercase),
Word
(sentence case, uppercase, and lowercase),
123
, and
Symbols
.
The following rules apply when entering text:
•
Press the clear key to backspace the cursor and
delete a character.
•
Press and hold the clear key to backspace continuously
and delete all characters.
•
Press # to enter a space, thereby accepting a completed
word, when in the subject or text area of a message or
entering a contact or group name.
•
Press 1 to enter the symbol mode when in the subject or
text area of a message.
•
Press * to switch between sentence case (the first letter of
entries or sentences is capitalized and the following letters
are lower case), uppercase and lowercase in abc or word
modes when in the text area of a message, or entering a
contact or group name.
•
The entry mode selection key (usually the left selection key)
displays the currently selected entry mode (
Abc
,
Word
,
123
,
or
Symbols
).
■ Abc (multi-tap) mode
In the abc (or multi-tap) mode, to enter a letter, repeatedly
press a key until the letter you want appears.
Activate abc mode
Press the entry mode selection key, and select
Abc
for sentence
case or
ABC
for uppercase. Press * to switch among sentence
case, uppercase, and lowercase (
abc
).
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Abc mode text entry
Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the
second letter, and so on. If you pause briefly, the last letter in
the display is accepted, and your phone awaits the next entry.
■ Word mode
Word mode is a predictive method of text entry using your
keypad and the built-in dictionary to quickly recognize the most
commonly used word for a specific key sequence. Word mode is
much faster than the abc method because you only press the
corresponding key on your keypad once for each letter.
Activate word mode
To activate word mode at any text entry screen, press the entry
mode selection key, and then select
Word
. Press * to switch
among sentence case, uppercase (
WORD
), and lowercase (
word
).
Word mode text entry
The illustration below simulates your display each time a key
is pressed in word mode. For example, to write "Verizon" with
word mode on and the English dictionary selected, press each
of the following keys once:
8
3
7 4 9
6
6
•
If a displayed word is not correct, press 0 to view other
word options.
•
If your word does not appear, delete your entry, and press
the entry mode selection key to change the mode to
Abc
.
Reenter your word using the multi-tap mode.
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■ 123 (number) mode
To enter a number in abc or word mode, press and hold the
desired number key. To switch to 123 mode from any other
mode, press the entry mode selection key, and select
123
.
■ Symbols mode
To insert special characters into your message, press the entry
mode selection key, and select
Symbols
. Depending on which
screen you are viewing, this may be either the left or right
selection key. To scroll through the list of symbols in abc mode,
press 1 repeatedly.
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