Text entry
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3. Text entry
You can use two methods for
entering text and numbers: Standard
mode and Predictive text mode.
• Select Clear to backspace the
cursor and delete a character.
• Select and hold Clear to
backspace continuously and
delete characters.
■ Standard mode
Standard mode is the only way to
enter text into the contacts list and
to rename caller groups.
Text (Abc)
• Press a key once to insert the first
letter on the key, twice for the
second letter, etc. If you pause
briefly, the last letter in the
display is accepted and your
device awaits the next entry.
• Press 0 to enter a space, thereby
accepting a completed word.
• Press 1 to insert a full stop into
your message.
• Press and hold * to display a
complete list of special
characters.
• Press and hold # to bring up the
Editor settings (Number mode,
Dictionary on/Dictionary off,
Writing language).
Numbers (123)
To switch to 123 mode from Abc
mode, press and hold # at any
message entry screen to bring up the
Editor settings menu list of Number
mode, Dictionary on/Dictionary off,
and Writing language. Select
Number mode, and the device will
return to the message entry screen
and switch the ABC icon in the upper
left corner of the display to the 123
icon (or back).
Punctuation and special
characters
While at any text entry screen, press *
to display special characters (press
and hold * if predictive text is on).
Press * again to cycle through all
available characters. You can
navigate through the list of special
characters by using the joystick.
Once a character is highlighted,
select Use to insert the character
into your message.