Samsung SCH-u420 - Manual (Page 75)

Section 5: Entering Text 75
Entering Text in Alpha (Abc) Mode
Section 5
Abc is highlighted. Use the Up and Down navigation
keys to choose any of the other four text entry modes.
Each of the text entry modes are explained in greater
detail in “Section 7: Messaging” on page 97.
Entering Text in Alpha (Abc) Mode
1. Enter characters while in Alpha (Abc) mode by pressing
the key with the desired characters (such as, pressing
once for “G”).
2. Press the key repeatedly until the desired character
appears in the display (such as, pressing two times
for “h”).
3. Pause briefly and the displayed character is accepted
and inserted into your message.
4. Press the key to enter a space.
Entering Text in T9 Word Mode
T9 Word recognizes commonly used words for a
sequence of keypresses and inserts the word into your
message. Using T9 mode is much faster than the more
traditional method Alpha mode, since T9 requires only
one key press per letter of the word that you are spelling.
Note: See “Changing the Text Entry Mode” on page 74 for instructions on
changing text entry modes.
1. While in T9 Word mode, press each key that
corresponds to a desired letter, in sequence, one time.
For example, if you press the key sequence
, and the word “bad” appears on the screen.
4
ghi ghi
4
ghi ghi
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2
abc
2
abc
3 def