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Example:
To enter “Hello” in T9 mode, press the 4, 3, 5, 5, and 6 keys.
The word that you are typing displays on the screen. It may change with each consecutive key that you
press.
2. Enter the whole word before editing or deleting the keystrokes.
3. When the word correctly displays, go to step 4.
If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the key to display alternative word choices for the keys that
you pressed.
Example:
Both the words “Of” and “Me” have the 6 and 3 keys. The phone displays the most commonly used choice first.
4. Insert a space by pressing the key and start entering the next word.
To add a new word into the T9 dictionary:
1. After pressing the keys corresponding to the word you want to add, press the key to display the
alternative words.
2. When you press the key after the last alternative word, the display shows Spell on the bottom left line.
Press Spell.
3. Enter the word you want to add using ABC mode. For more information, refer to “Changing the Text Input
Mode” on page 30.
4. Press Add or the key after you finish entering the new word.
The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes a word for the associated keypress series.
Note:
This feature may not be available for some languages. The 1 key has some emoticons associated with it. To enter other special
characters within the T9 mode, press and hold the key to cycle through these characters.
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To enter periods, hyphens, and other special characters, press and hold the key and then press the corresponding key
on the keypad to cycle through these available characters. T9 mode applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation
is used.
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