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 period into your message.
• Press and hold * to display a complete list of special characters.
• Press and hold # to access the Editor settings (Number mode, Dictionary on or
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 or
Dictionary off, and Writing language. Select Number mode, and the device returns
to the message entry screen and switches 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.
To navigate through the list of special characters, use the joystick. Once a
character is highlighted, select Insert to insert the character into your message.