34Entering TextWhen using your phone, you will need to entertext at many times; for example, when storing aname in Phone Book, creating a text message, orscheduling events in your calendar. You can enteralphanumeric characters into your phone by usingyour phone’s keypad.Your phone has the following text input modes:• T9(English): This mode allows you to enterwords with only one keypress per letter. Eachkey on a keypad has more than one letter; forexample, when you press once, J,K or Ldisplays. The T9(English) mode automaticallycompares your key presses to an internallinguistic database to determine the correctword thus requiring far fewer keystrokes thanthe traditional multi-tap method, Alphabetmode.• Alphabet: This mode allows you to enterletters by pressing the key labelled with theletter you want once, twice, or three times untilthe letter displays.• Symbol: This mode allows you to enter varioussymbols, punctuation marks, and specialcharacters.• Number: This mode allows you to enternumbers.Entering Text35Changing the Text Input ModeWhen you are in a field that allows characters tobe entered, you will notice the text input modeindicator on the display.Example: When you are entering a nameTo change the text input mode:1. Press the Options soft key.2. Scroll to the mode you want by pressing or.Note: If you want to exit the menu withoutchanging to a new mode, press .3. Press the Select soft key.You will find the indicator of the selected textinput mode on the display.Text inputmode indicator