Samsung SCH-R450ZKACRI - Manual (Page 37)

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• Abc — Enter letters, numbers, and symbols by using the QWERTY
keypad or by repeatedly pressing each phone key until the desired
character (as shown on the key) appears in the display. ABC mode
letter options are:
– Abc — Enter initial capital letters
– ABC — Enter all upper case letters
– abc — Enter all lower case letters
• 123 — Enter numbers by pressing the corresponding keys on the
phone keypad or the QWERTY keypad.
Tip: Using the QWERTY keypad, also use 123 mode to enter symbols into your
message simply by pressing the keys labeled with the symbols you want.
• Symbols — Using the phone keypad, enter a symbol into your
message by pressing the number above the symbol in the SYMBOLS
pop-up window.
The current text entry mode (T9 Word, Abc, ABC, 123, or
Symbols) is indicated in the lower part of a text entry screen. To
change the text entry mode, do the following:
1. While composing a text message, press the Left soft key.
The following options appear in the display:
• T9Word
• Abc
• ABC
• 123
• Symbols
2. Use the Up and Down navigation keys to highlight the
desired text entry mode, then press or .
Using T9 ® Mode (Phone Keypad Only)
T9 Word recognizes commonly used words for the numeric
sequence of key presses and inserts the word into your message.
T9 Word is much faster than the traditional method of text entry
(Abc) and requires only one key press per letter of the word that
you’re spelling.
1. While composing a text message, press the Left soft key.
Use the Up and Down navigation keys to highlight T9Word,
then press .
• For practice, enter the word “Samsung” by pressing each of the
following keys only once:
T9 Word recognizes that the most commonly used word for the
numeric sequence you just entered is “Samsung.” If more than one
word shares the same numeric sequence, T9 Word provides the most
commonly used word. Alternate words, if available, pop-up in the
display. Select the desired word in the pop-up list.
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