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Selection map correspond to keys 7 to 0 on the
keypad. To select a character from the Character
Selection Map and add it to your message, press
the corresponding key 7 to 0.
Scrolling
To move the cursor left or right through your text
message, press the Left or Right key.
Clearing Strokes and Characters
Press the C key one or more times to remove
strokes to the left. Once the Stroke Area is empty,
pressing the C key removes characters from the
Text Area.
Using Quick English Mode
To type a word, press keys corresponding to the
letters you need. Remember the following as you
are typing:
1. Start entering the word by pressing keys 1 to 0.
Press each key only once for each letter.
Example: To enter “hello” in Quick English
mode, press the 4, 3, 5, 5, and 6
keys.
The word you are typing appears on the display.
It may change with each key that you press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting
any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, start entering the next
word. Otherwise, press the 0 key repeatedly to
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display alternative word choices for the keys
that you have pressed.
Example: Both “of” and “me” have the sequence
of 6 and 3. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
4. Insert a space between words by pressing the
key.
If Spell appears above the left soft key while you
are entering text, the word does not exist in the T9
dictionary. To type words not found in Quick English
mode, change the text input mode to English mode,
or proceed as follows:
1. Press the Spell soft key, or press the right soft
key and select the Add word option.
2. Enter the word you want to add using English
mode (see page 46) and press the Ok soft key.
The word is saved in the T9 dictionary and
inserted in the input field.
3. Continue entering other words in Quick English
mode.
Smart Punctuation
To enter periods, hyphens or apostrophes, press the
1 key. T9 mode applies rules of grammar to insert
the correct punctuation.
Example
: The 1 key is used twice to display two
punctuation marks.
l e t ‘ s e a t .
