User Guide

22 2A. Phone Basics
Text Entry Settings
1. Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Text Mode > Text Settings on
the message entry screen.
– or –
Press
TEXT MODE... (right softkey) > Text Settings from other
text input screens.
– or –
From standby mode, press
> Settings/Tools > Settings >
Text Entry .
2. Highlight an option and press .
䡲 Auto-Capital to turn auto-capitalization on or off. (See
“Auto-Capital” on page 21.)
䡲 Auto-Space to turn auto-spacing on or off while Predictive
Text is on.
䡲 My Words to add words to or edit words in the Predictive
Text database (see next section).
䡲 Predictive Settings to customize the Predictive Text settings
(see page 23).
䡲 Default Input Mode to select the initial entry mode. 
If
Retain Mode is selected, the previous input mode is
retained when you open the text input screen.
䡲 Add Word to add words to the database while in Predictive
Text mode (see next section).
䡲 Auto-Substitution to replace abbreviated words or phrases
with full-text equivalents that are stored in the phone or
added by you (appears in
Settings > Text Entry menu only).
䡲 Auto-Complete to finish commonly occurring words after
several letters have been entered.
䡲 Help to view the Predictive Text instructions.
Adding a Word to the Predictive Text Database
If a word you want to enter is not displayed as an option when using
Predictive Text mode, add it to the database.
1. Press OPTIONS (right softkey) > Text Mode > Text Settings >
Add Word on the message entry screen.
– or –
Press
TEXT MODE (right softkey) > Text Settings > Add Word
from other text input screens.
– or –
From standby mode, press
> Settings/Tools > Settings >
Text Entry > Add Word .
2. Enter a word and press SAVE (left softkey). The word will
appear as an option the next time you scroll through options
during Predictive Text input.