Samsung SGH-a117 Series User Manual

Entering Text

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If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the 

 key to display 

alternative word choices for the keys that you have pressed.

Example: Both “Of” and “Me” have the 

 and 

 keys. The phone displays the most commonly used 

choice first.

Insert a space by pressing the 

 key and start entering the next word.

After pressing the keys corresponding to the word you want to add, press 

the 

 key to display the alternative words.

When the last alternative word is displayed, Spell displays. Press the Spell 

soft key or the 

 key.

Enter the word you want to add using ABC mode.

Press the OK soft key or the 

 key.

The word is added to the T9 dictionary and becomes the first word for the 
associated keypress series.

Note: This feature may not be available for some languages.

• 

To enter periods, hyphens, colons, or parenthesis, press 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 3 cases: Initial capital, 

Capital lock, and Lower case.

• 

You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right keys. To delete letters, press 

the 

 key. Press and hold the 

 key to clear the display.

Using Alphabet Mode

To use the Alphabet Mode use the 

 to 

 keys to enter your text. 

Press the key labeled with the letter you want:

• Once for the first letter
• Twice for the second letter
• And so on

Select the other letters in the same way.

Note: The cursor moves to the right when you press a different key. When entering the same letter twice or 

a different letter on the same key, just wait for a few seconds for the cursor to move to the right 
automatically, and then select the next letter.