Samsung SGH SGH A300 Owner's Manual

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45EEnntteerriinngg TTeexxtt44EEnntteerriinngg TTeexxttChanging the Text Input ModeWhen you are in a field that allows characters to beentered, you will notice the text input mode indicator inthe display.E n t e r N a m eIO KText input modeindicatorTo select... Then press the softkey until...Upper-case characters is displayed. See page 46.Lower-case characters is displayed. See page 46.Numbers only is displayed. See page 47.The T9 mode is displayed. See below.Using the T9 ModeThe T9 predictive text input mode allows you to key inany character using single keystrokes. This text inputmode is based on a built-in dictionary.1aA1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input mode,start entering a word by pressing keys to .Press each key only once for one letter.Example: to enter HELLO in the T9 mode, press, , , and .The word that you are typing appears in the display. Itmay change with each key that you press.2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting andkeystrokes.3. If the word is correct, start entering the next word.Otherwise, press , or repeatedly todisplay alternate word choices for the keys that youhave pressed.Example: OF and ME both share the sequence ,. The phone displays the mostcommonly used choice first.4. Complete each word with a space by pressing thekey.• To type words not found in the T9 mode, change thetext input mode to the upper/lower-case characterinput mode. Words typed in these character modesare automatically added to the T9 dictionary so thatyou can type them next time using the T9 mode.