T e x t e n t r y293. Text entryYour phone offers five methods for entering text and numbers: Word, Abc(sentence case), ABC (title case, uppercase),123, and Symbols. The following rulesapply when entering text:• Press the clear key to backspace the cursor and delete a character.• Press and hold the clear key to backspace continuously and delete allcharacters.• Press # to enter a space, or to accept a completed word, when in the subject ortext area of a message or entering a contact or group name.• Press * to change the sentence case entry mode .• The entry mode selection key (the left soft key) displays the currently selectedentry mode (Word, Abc, ABC, 123, or Symbols).■ Word modeWord mode is a predictive method of text entry that uses a built-in dictionary toquickly recognise the most commonly used word for a specific key sequence. Wordmode is much faster than the Abc mode, because you only press the correspondingkey on your keypad once for each letter.Activate word modeTo activate the Word mode at any text entry screen, press the entry mode selectionkey, and then select Word.