Panasonic ToughBook CF-P2 Series Operating Instructions Manual

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23Entering Letters in ABC ModeTo enter a letter, press the corresponding number key repeatedly until you cycle around tothe desired letter. For example, to enter an s, press 7 pqrs four times.E ntering Predicted Words*1Sometimes T9 places in the selection list predicted words. Predicted words are words T9thinks you may want to enter, based on text you’ve recently entered. Available in both T9and ABC mode, predicted words are underlined.If the predicted word you see isn’t the one you want, press the up/down cursor control toview additional predicted words. When you find the one you want, press # to add aspace and begin the next word.If none of the predicted words in the selection list is the word you want, just keep enteringletters. T9 will remove the predicted word for you automatically.*1 This setting can be changed as follows.1 Tap the arrow on the command bar.2 Tap [Options] - [Input Method] tab - tap [Options].3 Add/remove a check mark from each setting.4 Tap [ok].Changing the Shift StateT9 has three shift states:• Lowercase—letters are in lowercase.• Single-character uppercase—the next letter you enter is in uppercase. T9 then automati-cally returns to lowercase.• Uppercase—letters are in uppercase.To switch from one shift state to the next, press key:You can see which mode is active by looking at the next to T9 mode indication. You maysee one of these icons:: Indicates single-character uppercase.: Indicates uppercase.If you do not see either icon, CF-P2 is in lowercase.Entering SymbolsThere are two ways to enter symbols. If CF-P2 is in T9 mode, you can press 1 (alsoknown as the Smart Punctuation key) to enter a symbol and then continue adding letters.For example, to enter “I’ll”, press 4 ghi 1 5 jkl 5 jkl . After you press 4 ghi 1 ,the display reads I., but once you press 5 jkl , the display changes to “I’l”. If the displayedsymbol isn’t the one you want, press the up/down cursor control to see other choices.You can also enter symbols by setting CF-P2 to Symbols mode (by pressing untilis displayed). When CF-P2 is in Symbols mode, symbols appear in the selection list. If yousee the symbol you want, select it using the cursor control, and the symbol will be added.If you don’t see the symbol you want, press the up/down cursor control to see the next pageof symbols. After you enter a symbol, CF-P2 returns to the mode it was in before you set itto Symbols mode.Entering Information