Text Entry
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3. Text Entry
Your phone offers five methods for entering text, numbers,
and symbols: Word, Abc, ABC ,123, and Symbols. The following
rules apply:
• Press the Clear key to backspace the cursor and delete
acharacter.
• Press and hold the Clear key to delete an entire word.
• Press # to enter a space, or to accept a completed word in
Word Mode.
• Press * to change the character case in Word, Abc, or
ABC Mode.
• Press the Left Soft key to change the mode.
■ Word Mode
Word Mode is a predictive method of text entry. It uses a built-in
dictionary to quickly recognize the most commonly used word for
a specific key sequence. You only need to press the corresponding
key on your Alphanumeric keypad once for each letter.
Activate Word Mode
To activate the Word Mode, press the Left Soft key, and select 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: