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Enter text in T9 mode
1 Select T9 as your input mode.
2 Enter letters by pressing the keys on which the letters appear. Press a key only once
for each letter.
Tip: If your word is 3 letters long or longer, it is best to press the keys for at least the
first 3 letters.
3 If the word you want appears:
• Scroll right to accept the word and move the cursor to the end of the word.
• Scroll left to accept the word and move the cursor to the beginning of the word.
• Press # or O to accept the word and enter a space after it.
4 If you want to view a list of available words, use the navigation pad to scroll up or
down. When the word you want is highlighted:
• Scroll right to accept the word and move the cursor to the end of the word.
• Scroll left to accept the word and move the cursor to the beginning of the word.
• Press # or O to accept the word and enter a space after it.
If you do not see the correct word, backspace to delete the word you entered, press and
hold * to change to Multipress mode, and then manually enter the word.
Enter compound words in T9 mode
You can string short words together to create longer, compound words like “mailman” or
“cannot”.
1 Enter the word that is the first part of the compound word, like “mail” or “can”.
2 Scroll right to accept the word and move the cursor to the end of the word.
3 Enter the word that is the next part of the compound word, like “man” or “not”.
Enter punctuation in T9 mode
• Press 1, then use the navigation pad to scroll through a list of common punctuation
and select the one you want.
Enter “emoticons” in T9 mode
1 Press 1 twice or 3 times, depending on the number of characters in the “emoticon”
you want.
2 Use the navigation pad to scroll through a list of “emoticons” and select the one you
want.
Having Trouble Entering a Word in T9 Mode?
T9 cannot always find the word you want in the list of possible words; in these cases, add
the word to the T9 dictionary. Next time, you will be able to enter the word in T9 mode.
Add a word to the T9 dictionary
1 Scroll to the end of the list of words and select Add Word?.
2 Enter the word in Multipress mode.
3 Select Done.