Philips 535 - Manual (Page 20)

18 Text or number entry
4 • Text or number entry
Text can be entered in editing screens in two different
ways: by using T9
® predictive Text Input, or basic text
input. Two other modes for numbers and punctuation
marks, are also available. Icons appearing on the screen
show the active text mode.
What is it?
T9 ® predictive Text Input is an intelli-
gent editing mode for messages, includ-
ing a comprehensive dictionary. It
allows you to quickly enter text. Press
only once on the key corresponding to
each letter needed to spell a word: key-
strokes input are analysed and the word suggested by
T9
® is displayed in the edit screen. If several words are
available according to the keys used, the word you en-
tered is highlighted: press
0
to browse the list and
to choose from those proposed by the T9 ® built-in dic-
tionary (see example below).
How to use it?
Alphabets and symbols represented by each key are as
follows:
Example: how to enter the word «home»:
1. Press
4 6 6 3
The screen displays
the first word of a list: Good .
2. Press
0
to scroll and select Home .
3. You can press either
1
or
,
to confirm
selection of the word Home . Pressing
>
also
confirms selection of the word and inserts a space,
ready for the next word of your message.
T9 ® text Input
Tegic Euro. Pat.
App. 0842463
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to
9
To key in letters.
0 Short press to browse the list of candi-
date words, long press to browse back.
1 To confirm entry.
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Short press to clear one entry, long press
to clear all text.
# Shift from standard, to lower, to upper
case.
* Shift from basic mode, to numeric or to
punctuation typing mode.
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