[speed123]

Just picked up a new curve switching from the pearl.........questions is how come i cannot get auto texting to work for example.......typing a email addy that I have already type several times.........i still have to type the whole thing out everytime?

Or even common words in texting like names ect. ect.



Do I not see the setting somewhere?

Thanks

[JSanders]

Options > Autotext. Set your desired shortcut there. It does not "grab" it automatically.

For instance, you might program "zx" to become your email address or your signature you constantly place in an email.

[Thatzmister2u]

I don' think they are talking about Autotext even though that is what they stated. I think they are talking about the custom word list and the fact that it's not learning. Perhaps, try checking Menu>options>Language>Input Options> (Make sure Auto Work learning is enable). At least I think that it was does it on my 8100.

Let us know!

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[JSanders]

No custom word list on the curve... OP said Curve.

I did read this post through twice A new goal for me.

[crisambo]

I think the ability to "learn" words is a Suretype feature and doubt that this is available on qwerty devices. . .

....of course I can always stand to be corrected....

[Thatzmister2u]

Originally Posted by JSanders

No custom word list on the curve... OP said Curve.

I did read this post through twice A new goal for me.

Ok, so I learned more about the curve today! Don't read twice! It will kill your post count! Besides we can always pick up the pieces later!

[speed123]

no suretype feature? then why does it even have a custom auto text list? this sucks!

[Thatzmister2u]

Originally Posted by speed123

no suretype feature? then why does it even have a custom auto text list? this sucks!

Sorry and you should update your model in your profile to a curve. It will help others help you more quickly!

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[druha]

Originally Posted by speed123

no suretype feature? then why does it even have a custom auto text list? this sucks!

It's there for shorthand features (i.e. typing "myver" in a new e-mail will list the model number and os version of your BB). It's also there to auto fix some common typos.

Just like JS stated, you can program it to say longer sentences and such by typing any combination of letters. Which reminds me, I should do that for my emails

[JSanders]

Originally Posted by speed123

no suretype feature? then why does it even have a custom auto text list? this sucks!

SureType is for the condensed KB models, like the 7100 and 81xx... SureType has no purpose on the full-keyboard models.

[ubizmo]

Originally Posted by speed123

no suretype feature? then why does it even have a custom auto text list? this sucks!

The whole point of qwerty is not having to use Suretype, or T9, or anything like that.

The point of auto-text is being able to create abbreviations for commonly used words, phrases, or anything else. For example, if you find yourself writing "this sucks!" a lot, you could create a 'ts' entry in auto-text, so that every time you type 'ts' it expands to "this sucks!". It means that you can set 'ne1' to expand to "anyone", unless of course you're trying for that teen appeal that comes with using 'ne1'... The possibilities are endless.

[speed123]

Yes .....after playing with the custom list last night figured it out.......jm and hit enter in pops my email address........I like to send important text to my email at home cpu and my email addy is kind of long typing it over and over was a pain.

My full keyboard on my computer has auto fill.......lol.

I guess i was just hoping that if the bb curve see a common word use over and over that it would pop up and you just hit enter....like it did on the pearl.