Phone BasicsSection 2A. Phone Basics 35Adding a Word to the T9 DatabaseIf a word you want to enter is not displayed as anoption when you are using T9 Text Input, add it to thedatabase by selecting the Alpha mode.1. Select the Alpha text input mode. (See “Selecting aText Input Mode” on page 33.)2. Enter the word using Alpha Mode. (See “EnteringText Using Alpha Mode” on page 35.) The wordwill appear as an option the next time you scrollthrough options during T9 Text Input.For more information about T9 Text Input, visit theNuance Web site at www.nuance.com/T9/textinput/.Entering Text Using Alpha Mode1. Select the Alpha mode. (See “Selecting a Text InputMode” on page 33.)2. Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until thecorrect letter appears. (For example, to enter theword “Bill,” press twice, three times,three times, and three times again.)(If you make a mistake, press to erase a singlecharacter. Press and hold to erase an entireword.)By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized andthe following letters are lowercased. After a character isentered, the cursor automatically advances to the nextspace after two seconds or when you enter a characteron a different key. Characters scroll in the followingorder:Sprint M540.book Page 35 Wednesday, August 27, 2008 10:00 PM
