Section 546 Navigating Through Menus and Entering TextEntering Characters by Tapping the KeypadTo enter characters by tapping the keypad, select the alphamode (see "Selecting a Text Input Mode" on page 45). Pressthe corresponding numeric key (1-9) key until the desiredcharacter appears. By default, the initial character isuppercase followed by lowercase characters.You will notice that when tapping the following keys, thecharacters appear in the following order. To use this feature,you have to tap the key within two seconds, otherwise thephone moves the cursor to the next space and waits for newinput. 1 . , ‘ & - @ A B C 2 D E F 3 G H I 4 J K L 5 M N O 6 P Q R S 7 T U V 8 W X Y Z 9Numbers and Symbol EntryNumbers and symbols are entered by changing to theappropriate Input Mode and pressing the soft key for thesymbol you want or the digit key of the number you want.T9® Text EntryT9 word, T9 Text Input, enables you to easily enter text. T9(for “text on 9 keys”) requires only one key press per letterand quickly recognizes the most commonly used word of anumeric sequence. For example, to enter the word “hello,”you can spell out the word by pressing only five keys,4-3-5-5-6.T9 Text Input knows the most commonly used sequence forthat numeric sequence is “hello”. If two or more wordsshare the same numeric sequence, T9 software provides the
