User's Manual Part 1
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BX4170
Text Input Modes
There are five modes for entering text, numbers, special
characters, and punctuation. In a text entry field, pressing Right
Soft Key (or Left Soft Key ) displays a pop-up list of text
modes.
T9Word (T9) Mode
Use to type text using one keystroke per letter. The phone
translates keystrokes into common words by using the letters on
each key and a compressed database.
Abc (Multi-tap) Mode
Use to add words to the T9 database.
123 (Numbers) Mode
Use to type numbers using one keystroke per number.
Symbols Mode
Use to insert special characters or punctuation. There are 39
special characters including “SP” which inserts a space and “LF”
which forces the text to the next line.
Smiley Mode
Use to insert smiley graphics. There are 40 smiley characters.
Changing Letter Case
Using T9 and Abc text input modes you can set the capitalization.
Press to cycle through the following:
Initial Cap (T9Word / Abc)
Only the first letter is capitalized. All subsequent letters are lower
case.
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