43Entering Text42Entering TextChanging Text Input Mode1. When you are in a field that allows charactersentry, you should notice the text input modeindicator in the lower right corner of the display.Save ENG Text input modeindicator2. Press the right soft key. The modes available aredisplayed.3. Scroll to the desired mode, then press the Selectsoft key.T9 ModeT9 predictive text input allows you to enter wordseasily with a minimum of key presses. As you presseach key the phone selects a letter that makes up aword that it thinks you are trying to type, based on abuilt-in dictionary. As a new letter is added the wordchanges based on the key you have pressed.1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input, startwriting a word by using keys to . Presseach key only once for one letter.For example, to enter ‘hello’ in the T9 Englishmode, press , , , and .2. The word you are typing appears in the display. Itmay change with each key you press.3. Type to the end of the word before editing ordeleting any keystrokes.4. Complete each word with a space by pressing .5. If the word is correct, start writing the next word.If the word is not cor rect, press one or moretimes to display alternate word choices for the keysyou have typed. (For example, ‘of’ and ‘me’ bothshares the sequence , . The phone displaysthe most commonly used choice first.)• To type words not found in the T9 mode, change thetext input mode to the ABC mode.• To delete a character, press . Press and holdto erase entire words.05-A200-Text 3/14/01 3:46 PM Page 42