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70 Entering Text
When using the Compact QWERTY, tap a key once to enter the first letter that shows on the key. To
enter the second letter, tap twice.
When using the Phone Keypad, tap a key once to enter the first letter, twice to enter the second letter,
or three times to enter the third letter that is shown on the key.
5. Tap the CAPS shift key ( ) to enter an uppercase letter. Tap this key twice to turn Caps Lock on when
you need to enter consecutive uppercase letters.
6. Press and hold a key to enter a punctuation mark, symbol, or number that is shown on the upper half of
the key. For example, to enter number 1, press and hold .
If there are accented characters also associated with the key (such as vowel keys), tapping and holding
the key displays a selection bar. Slide your finger right or left across the selection bar to choose the
accented character that you want to insert to your text.
7. Tap to choose from more symbols or use a number keypad for faster numeric entry. See “Entering
Numbers and Symbols” for details.
5.3 Using Predictive Mode
XT9 is a predictive text input mode which displays a word suggestions list as you enter the first few characters
so you just select the word that you want.
To enter text using XT9 mode
Make sure that the input mode is set to XT9 ( ).
Start entering the first few letters of a word. As you enter each letter, suggested words will be displayed.
In the word suggestions list, the leftmost word shows the exact letters that you entered, while the other
words are suggested words.
If you don’t see the word that you want, tap the down arrow icon ( ) to see more suggested words.
4. When you see the word that you want, tap the word to insert it into your text.
When you see the word that you want highlighted in the suggestions list, you can also tap the Enter key
or the Space bar to insert the word into your text.
To add a new word to the dictionary
While entering text using the Full QWERTY, Compact QWERTY, or Phone Keypad in XT9 predictive mode,
tapping a suggested word (the highlighted word in the word suggestions list) will automatically add that word
to the dictionary if it does not exist in the dictionary.
When using the Compact QWERTY or the Phone Keypad, you can also manually add new words to the
dictionary.
While in XT9 mode, type a letter and then tap the down arrow icon ( ) on the right side of the word
suggestions list.
Tap Add word.
Type the new word you want to add and then tap the check mark icon ( ).
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