Entering Text 46Using the Alphabetic Input MethodThe word that you are typing appears in the display. It may change witheach key that you press.3. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the keystrokes.4. When the word displays correctly, go to step 5.If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the key to displayalternative word choices for the keys that you have pressed.Example: Both “Of” and “Me” have the and keys. The phone displays the most commonly usedchoice first.5. Insert a space by pressing the key and start entering the next word.Add a New Word into the T9 Dictionary1. After pressing the keys corresponding to the word you want to add, pressthe key to display the alternative words.2. When the last alternative word is displayed, Spell displays. Press the Spellsoft key.3. Enter the word you want to add using the ABC mode.4. Press the Add soft key or the key.The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes the first word for theassociated keypress series.Note: This feature may not be available for some languages.• To enter periods, hyphens, colons, or parenthesis, press and hold the key.T9 mode applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation is used.• To shift case in T9 mode, use the key. There are 4 cases: Initial capital,Capital lock, Lower case, and Numeric.• You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right soft keys. To delete letters,press the key. Press and hold the key to clear the display.Using the Alphabetic Input MethodTo use the ABC Alphabetic input method use the to keys to enter yourtext.1. Press the key labeled with the letter you want:• Once for the first letter• Twice for the second letter• And so on
