Sony Ericsson S500 Cell Phone User Manual


 
15Getting to know the phone
Phone language
You can select the language to use in
the phone menus or when writing text.
To change the phone language
1 From stand-by select Menu } Settings
} General tab } Language } Phone
language.
2 Select a language.
Entering letters and characters
Enter characters using:
Multitap text input
T9™ Text Input
To change the text input method
When you enter letters, press and
hold down .
Options when entering letters
Select More.
To enter letters using multitap input
Press - repeatedly until
the desired character appears.
Press to shift between
capital and lower-case letters.
Press and hold down -
to enter numbers.
Press to delete letters
or numbers.
Press for the most common
punctuation marks.
Press to add a space.
T9™ Text Input
The T9 Text Input method uses
a built-in dictionary.
To use T9™ Text Input
1 From stand-by select Menu
} Messaging } Write new } Text
message.
2 Press each key only once, even if
the desired letter is not the first letter
on the key. For example, to write the
word “Jane”, press , , ,
. Enter the full word before looking
at the choices.
Press or for word choices.
Press to accept a word and
add a space.
Press to accept a word without
adding a space.
Press and then or to
enter a punctuation mark.
Press =to delete the last letter
entered.
Most SIM cards automatically set the
menu language to the country where
you bought your SIM card. If not,
the predefined language is English.
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