7. The method of claim 1, wherein the character selection menu displays the groups as an array of columns and rows of said groups, and wherein step (b) includes the steps of: (d) highlighting a first one of the groups in one of the columns and in an uppermost one of the rows in response to actuation of the first set of the keys; and (e) after step (d), actuating one of the first set of the keys to execute a cursor roll around operation, thereby highlighting a second one of the groups in said one of the columns but in a lowermost one of the rows.
1. A method for entering text into a computer system using an input device having keys, including the steps of: (a) displaying on a display device a character selection menu which includes simultaneously displayed groups of character representations, each of said groups including representations of B characters, where B is a positive integer not less than two and where the characters within each group are arranged in a pattern; (b) highlighting a selected one of the groups in response to actuation of a first set of the keys; and (c) selecting a character representation within the selected one of the groups in response to actuation of one of a second set of the keys, where said second set of the keys consists of B of the keys and where said second set of the keys is separate from the display device and is arranged in a pattern corresponding to the pattern of the characters within each group.