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When the word displays correctly, go to step 5.

If the word doesn’t display correctly, press the 

 key to 

display alternative word choices.

Example: Both “Of” and “Me” use 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 displays, Spell displays. 

Press the Spell soft key.

Enter the word you want to add using the ABC mode.

Press the Add 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 and hold the 

 key. 

T9 mode applies grammar rules to ensure that correct punctuation is 
used. 

• 

To shift case in T9 mode, short press the 

 key to toggle between, 

Initial capital, Capital lock, Lower case, and Numeric.

• 

You can move the cursor by using the Left and Right Navigation keys. 

To delete letters, press the 

 key. Press and hold the 

 key to 

clear the display.

Using the Alphabetic Input Method

To use the ABC Alphabetic input method 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.

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