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Section 5: Entering Text
Topics Covered
• Text Entry Modes
• Changing the Text Entry Mode
• Entering Text in Alpha (Abc) Mode
• Entering Text in T9 Word Mode
• Entering Upper and Lower Case Letters
• Entering Numbers
• Entering Symbols
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode when entering
characters into your phone. This section also describes how to use the T9
predictive text entry system to reduce the amount of key strokes associated with
entering text.
Text Entry Modes
You can compose text messages using alphabetical characters, symbols, and
numbers. Each method of character entry (symbol, number, and so on) is called a
text entry mode. There are four text entry modes, as indicated:
• Alpha—Alphabetical text entry mode. Options are:
• ABC — All upper case
• Abc — Initial capital
•abc — All lower case
• Symbols — Symbol entry mode. Enter symbols into your message by pressing
the corresponding number that appears above it in the display.
• 123 — Number entry. Enter numbers by pressing the corresponding key on the
keypad.
• T9 Word — Predictive text mode. Press each key only once to enter the letter of
the word that you’re spelling.
Your current mode of text entry [Abc, 123, or T9 Word] is indicated in the lower left
part of the display when composing a text message.