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14 Getting to know your phone
T9
™
Text Input
You can use T9 Text Input when writing, for example,
text messages and e-mail. The T9 Text Input method
uses a built-in dictionary to recognize the most
commonly used word for each sequence of key presses.
This way, you press each key only once, even if the
letter you want is not the first letter on the key.
The following example shows how to start writing
a text message:
To enter letters using T9 Text Input
1. Scroll to Messages,
YES, SMS, YES, Write new, YES.
2. For example, if you want to write the word “Ericsson”,
press , , , , , ,
,.
3. If the word shown is the one you want:
• press to accept and add a space.
(To accept a word without adding a space, press .)
If the word shown is not the one you want:
• press repeatedly to view alternative words
(candidates). Accept a word and add a space
by pressing .
If you do not find the word you want by pressing :
• press to go to a list of options.
• Select Edit word,
YES.
• Delete the entire word by pressing , or delete
one letter at a time by pressing and holding the
joystick to the right, and then repeatedly.
• Write the new word using multitap text input and
press
YES.
The word is added to the dictionary. The next time
you enter , , , the word you just
added to the dictionary will appear as one of the
alternative words.
4. Continue writing your message. See also “Sending text
messages” on page 47.
Tip: Press to enter a full stop. To enter other
punctuation marks, press and then
repeatedly. Accept by pressing .
Press and hold to select an input method.
Turning off the T9 Text Input
If you wish, you can turn off the T9 Text Input.
This setting is valid for all input of texts – not only
for the text you are currently writing.
• To turn T9 Text Input on or off, scroll to Settings/
Language/T9 input.