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Section 5: Entering Text
This section outlines how to select the desired text input mode
when entering characters into your phone. This section also
describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry system to
reduce the number of key strokes associated with entering text.
The A867 comes equipped with an orientation detector that can
tell if the phone is being held in an upright (Portrait) or sideways
(Landscape) orientation. This is useful when entering text. If the
phone is sideways, an onscreen keyboard is displayed. When
upright, only the alphanumeric keypad is shown.
The A867 not only provides several on screen keypad/keypad
text entry options, but also provides handwriting recognition to
make the task of text entry that much easier.
Text Input Options
Your phone has the following text input modes:
• T9 ( ): this mode allows you to enter words with only one
keystroke per letter. Each key on the keypad has more than one letter;
for example, touching
can enter J, K, or L. However, the T9
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mode automatically compares the series of keystrokes you make with
an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the most likely word, thus
requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC mode.
• Multitap ( ): this mode allows you to enter letters by touching the
key labeled with the letter you want repeatedly, and then selecting the
character from the available series of onscreen characters.
• Numeric ( ): this mode allows you to enter numbers.
• Symbols ( ): this mode allows you to enter symbols, such as
punctuation marks.
• Emoticons ( ): this mode allows you to scroll through pages of
emoticons and then select one for insertion into your message.
When you are in a field that allows character entry, the text input
mode indicator displays on the upper right portion of the screen.
Changing the Entry Method
The A867 can detect the orientation of the phone and adjust the
text input screen accordingly. If the phone is detected in a Portrait
(upright) orientation, only the alphanumeric keypad is shown. If
the phone is turned on its side, the screen displays a full
keyboard (page 48). The following will describe entering text in
the portrait mode. For more information on entering text in
Landscape mode, see “Using the QWERTY Keyboard” on
page 48.
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