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Typing Stokes and Characters in Stroke Mode
1. To type a character, press keys corresponding to its
component strokes. Press keys on the handset in the
order that you would write the strokes, using one
press per desired stroke.
Example: Typing ( ) in Stroke mode
2. The phone displays your strokes in the Key Stroke
Area and offers character choices in the Character
Selection Map. As you enter strokes, notice that the
choices in the Character Selection Map change. To
scroll through choices in the Character Selection
Map, press the key. To move back, press the
key.
3. When the character you are typing appears in the
Character Selection Map, you may select it without
finishing the stroke sequence for the character.
Characters displayed in the Character Selection
Map correspond to keys 7 to on the keypad. To
select a character from the Character Selection Map
and add it to your message, press the corresponding
key 7 to .
Key Stroke Area.
Press to enter ,
and to enter .
The Character Selection Map.
To select , press .
OK STR Mode
Note: If you are uncertain of the order of one or more
strokes, press the 6 key in place of each
questionable stroke. Continue entering strokes
until the character is displayed in the Character
Selection Map or until you have finished the
character.
Scrolling
To move the cursor left or right through your text
message, press the or key.
Clearing Letters and Words
Press the C key one or more times to remove strokes
to the left. Once the Stroke Area is empty, pressing
the C key removes characters from the Text Area.
Rapid Character Entry
Rapid character entry is easy in any mode, using the
Character Selection Map. As you enter characters,
your phone predicts the next character you might want
and presents choices in the Character Selection Map
area. When a desired character appears, you may
select it as described above.
In most cases, you will see the desired character in
the Character Selection Map area before you have
entered all of the strokes to build it.
For example, try typing the twelve stroke character
pair “ “ using the following keystrokes; 2, 8 and
7. Even though “ “ is a twelve stroke character
pair, your phone enables you to type it in only three
key presses!
