Text entry
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■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to
write messages quickly using your
keypad and the phone’s built-in
dictionary. It is much faster the
standard mode method, because for
each letter, you only press the
corresponding key on your keypad
once.
Activate/deactivate
At any text entry screen, press and
hold Options. Predictive text
(Dictionary) is turned on and off,
depending on its previous mode.
OR
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options > Dictionary and press
Select.
2. Scroll to the language of your
choice and press Select.
Note: The language setting
affects the time and date
formats of the clock, alarm
clock, and calendar.
Text entry
The illustration below simulates your
display each time a key is pressed.
For example, to write Nokia with
predictive text on and with the
English dictionary selected, press
each of the following keys once:
the 6 key the 6 key the 5 key the 4 key the 2 key
• Press the 0 key to enter a space
and begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not correct,
press the * key to see other
matches. To return to the
previous word in the list of
matches, press Previous.
•If ? appears after a word, press
Spell to add the word to the
dictionary.
• Press the 1 key to insert a period
into your message.
• Press and hold the * key to display
special characters. Press the * key
again to cycle through all
available characters.
• Press the # key to switch
predictive text on or off and to
use predictive text in various
modes. As you press the # key,
the following icons (not the
descriptions) appear in the upper
left of the display screen:
Uppercase text; standard
mode is On
Lowercase text; standard
mode is On
Sentence case text;
standard mode is On
Sentence case text;
predictive text is On
Lowercase text;
predictive text is On
