38Section 4: Entering TextThis section outlines how to enter text using the phone keypad. Thissection also describes how to use the T9 predictive text entry featureto reduce the number of key strokes needed to enter text.Text Entry ModesChanging the Text Entry ModeIn any text entry screen or field, the current text entry mode ( T9word,T9Word, T9WORD, abc, Abc, ABC, 123, Symbols, or Emoticons) isshown in the lower left of the display. To change the text entry mode: Press the Left soft key to scroll through available text entrymodes.• T9 Word : Press each phone key only once to enter the letter of the wordthat you’re spelling. The phone recognizes common words from the keyspressed.• Abc: Enter letters, numbers, and symbols by repeatedly pressing eachphone key until the desired character (as shown on the key) appears inthe display.• 123: Enter numbers by pressing the corresponding keypad keys.• Symbols: Using the phone keypad, enter a symbol into your message bypressing the number next to the symbol in the Symbols pop-up window.• Emoticons: Using the phone keypad, enter an Emoticon (Smiley) intoyour message by pressing the number next to the Emoticon in theSymbols pop-up window.
