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Writing a text message

To start a new message

Choose Menu, Messages, Write message.
You can also choose Options, Send SMS whenever you

have a phone number or Phonebook entry on your dis-

play.

Using T9 to type

T9 enables you to write text messages by pressing each

number key just once (e.g. 4, 6, 8, 3, 5 for “hotel”).
To type, press the number key that shows the letter you

want, then repeat for the next letter, regardless of

whether the word’s correct. At the end of the word,

check it’s now correct and press 1 for a space.

T9 suggestions

If you reach the end of a word and it’s not right, then

click



to choose

and repeat until you reach the

right suggestion (press 1 for a space) or your Xelibri

offers Spell.

To spell a word

Click



to choose Spell and spell out the word by press-

ing a key the right number of times for the letter you

want. For example, press 2 once for “a” and twice for

“b”.
Keep pressing for characters with accents.
Leave a short pause between letters that appear on the

same key.
When the word is correct, click



to choose Save,

which remembers the word next time.

Corrections

Click



to clear a letter. Hold to clear final word and

(again) all earlier text.
Click



to move back and forward in a message.

text format
“1”
– number of SMS

messages used (p 13)
“152” – characters

remaining in current

message

T9

Abc

1/152

Hi

<C

Maria

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