3. Text entry
You can use two methods for entering text and numbers: standard mode and
predictive text mode.
Select
Clear
to backspace the cursor and delete a character. Select and hold
Clear
to backspace continuously and delete characters.
■ Standard mode
Standard mode is the only way to enter text into the contacts list and to rename
caller groups.
Text (Abc)
•
Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the second
letter, etc. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and
your device awaits the next entry.
•
Press 0 to enter a space, thereby accepting a completed word.
•
Press 1 to insert a period into your message.
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Press * to display a complete list of special characters.
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Press and hold # to bring up the
Editor settings
(
Number mode
,
Dictionary on
or
Dictionary off
,
Writing language
).
Numbers (123)
To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press and hold # at any message entry
screen to bring up the
Editor settings
menu list of
Number mode
,
Dictionary on
or
Dictionary off
, and
Writing language
. Select
Number mode
, and the device returns
to the message entry screen and switches the Abc icon in the upper left corner of
the display to the 123 icon (or back).
Punctuation and special characters
While at any text entry screen, press * to display special characters (press and hold *
if predictive text is on). Press * again to cycle through all available characters. Scroll
to navigate through the list of special characters. With a character highlighted,
select
Insert
to insert the character into your message.
■ Predictive text mode
Much faster than the standard mode method, predictive text input enables you to
write messages quickly using your keypad and the built-in dictionary. In predictive
text mode, your phone predicts the words as you enter them.
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Activate or deactivate
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options
>
Dictionary on
to activate or
Dictionary off
to deactivate.
2. If you are turning predictive text on, select the language of your choice.
Text entry
The following illustration shows your text entry of the word Nokia in predictive text
mode. With the English dictionary selected, press each of the following number
keys once, and the screen will display Nokia by predicting the appropriate letter
to use based on your keypad entry:
Enter:
6 6
5
4
2
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Press 0 to enter a space, and begin writing the next word.
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If a displayed word is not correct, press * to see other matches. To return to
the previous word in the list of matches, select
Prev.
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If ? appears after a word, select
Spell
to add the word to the dictionary.
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Press 1 to insert a period into your message.
•
Press and hold * to display special characters. Press * again to cycle through
all available characters.
■ Change case and mode
Press # to switch between uppercase, lowercase, and sentence case text. As you
press #, 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. This option is available
only at the beginning of a sentence.
Note: You can press # within 2 seconds to switch between standard
mode and predictive text mode.
Uppercase text: predictive text is on.
Lowercase text: predictive text is on.
Sentence case text: predictive text is on. This option is available
only at the beginning of a sentence.
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