Samsung SPH-A660MSPXAR - Manual (Page 34)

Section 2A: Your PCS Vision Phone - The Basics 26
Entering Text
Selecting a Character Input Mode
Your PCS Vision Phone provides convenient ways to enter words,
letters, punctuation, and numbers whenever you are prompted to
enter text (for example, when adding a Phone Book entry or when
sending PCS Mail and PCS Short Mail messages).
To change the character input mode:
1. When you display a screen where you can enter text,
press .
2. Select a character input mode:
Ⅲ
T9 (English) to enter characters using predictive
T9 Text Input (see page 26).
Ⅲ
Alpha to enter characters by tapping the keypad
(see page 27).
Ⅲ Symbol to enter symbols (see page 27).
Ⅲ
Number to enter numbers (see page 27).
Entering Characters Using T9 Text Input
T9 Text Input lets you enter text in your PCS Vision Phone by
pressing keys just once per letter. (To select the T9 (English) mode
when entering text, see “Selecting a Character Input Mode” on
page 26.)
T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive word
database and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as you
type.) If the word you want does not display after you have entered
all the letters, press
to scroll through additional word
selections. To accept a word and insert a space, press .
If you make a mistake, press to erase a single character. Press
and hold to delete an entire entry.