LG 5400 - Manual (Page 13)

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Text Input Modes
There are five modes for entering text, numbers, special characters,
and punctuation. In a text entry field, pressing Right Soft Key
(or Left Soft Key
) displays a pop-up list of text modes.
T9Word (T9) Mode
Use to type text using one keystroke per letter. The phone
translates keystrokes into common words by using the letters
on each key and a compressed database.
Abc (Multi-tap) Mode
Use to add words to the T9 database.
123 (Numbers) Mode
Use to type numbers using one keystroke per number.
Symbols Mode
Insert special characters or punctuation. You may use any of the
35 special characters. When the cursor is location where you
want the special character, switch to Symbol mode. Press the
Navigation Key to cycle through and select the characters.
Smileys Mode
Use to insert smiley graphics. There are 36 smiley characters.
Canned Msgs
Changing Letter Case
Using T9 and Abc text input modes you can set the capitalization.
Press
to cycle through the following :
Initial Cap (T9Word / Abc)
Only the first letter is capitalized. All subsequent letters are lower
case.
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Text Input
You can input and edit your Greeting, Schedule, Phone Book,
and Messages.
Key Functions
Right Soft Key (or Left Soft Key): Press to scroll
through the following text input modes:
T9Word -> Abc -> 123 -> Symbols ->
Smileys -> Canned Msgs
Shift: Press to change case.
T9 text : T9Word -> T9WORD -> T9word
Abc text : Abc -> ABC -> abc
Next: In T9 mode, press to display other
matching words.
Space: Press to complete a word and insert a
space.
Clear: Press to delete a single space or character.
Hold to delete words.
Punctuation: In T9 mode, press to insert
punctuation in a word and complete a sentence.
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