Samsung SGH-R220 Owner's Manual

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37Entering Text36Entering TextChanging the Text Input Mode1. When you are in a field that allows characters tobe entered, you will notice the text input modeindicator in the lower right corner of the display.Save ABC2. Press the right soft key.The modes available are displayed.3. Scroll to the required mode, then press the Selectsoft key.Using the T9 ModeThe T9 predictive text input mode allows you to enterwords easily with a minimum of key presses. As youpress each key, the phone selects a letter that makesup the word that it thinks you are typing, based on abuilt-in dictionary. As a new letter is added, the wordchanges based on the key that you have pressed.1. When you are in the T9 predictive text inputmode, start entering a word by pressing keysto . Press each key only once for one letter.Example: to enter HELLO in the T9 English mode,press , , , and .The word that you are typing appears in the display.It may change with each key that you press.2. Enter the whole word before editing or deletingany keystrokes.3. If the word is correct, start entering the nextword.Otherwise, press repeatedly to displayalternate word choices for the keys that you havepressed.Example: OF and ME both share the sequence, . The phone displays themost commonly used choice first.4. Complete each word with a space by pressingthe key.To type words not found in the T9 mode, change thetext input mode to the ABC mode.To delete letters, press . Press and hold downto erase entire words.Text input modeindicator:ABC: ABC modeNUM: Number mode: T9 modeSYM: Symbolic mode