40 Section 2A: Your Phone: The BasicsEntering Characters Using T9 Text InputT9 Text Input lets you enter text in your phone by pressing keys just onceper letter. (To select the T9 Word mode when entering text, see “Selectinga Character Input Mode” on page 39.)T9 Text Input analyzes the letters you enter using an intuitive worddatabase and creates a suitable word. (The word may change as you type.)To enter a word using T9(English) Text Input:1. Select the T9(English) character input mode. (See “Selecting aCharacter Input Mode” on page 39.)2. Press the corresponding keys once per letter to enter a word (forexample, to enter the word “Bill,” press ). (Ifyou make a mistake, press to erase a single character. Pressand hold to delete an entire entry.)If the word you want does not display after you have entered all the letters,press to scroll through additional word selections. To accept a wordand insert a space, press .
