Write text
Your device supports traditional text input and predictive
text input. With predictive text, you can enter any letter
with a single keypress. Predicti
ve text input is based on a
built-in dictionary to wh
ich you can add new words.
When you write text,
is displayed when you write
text using traditio
nal text input and
when using
predictive text input.
Traditional text input
Press a number key (
1–9) repeatedly until the desired
character appears. There are
more characters available
for a number key than are printed on the key.
If the next letter is located on the same key as the present
one, wait until the cursor appears (or scroll right to end
the time-out period),
and enter the letter.
To insert a space, press
0. To move the cursor to the next
line, press
0 three times.
Predictive text input
With predictive input, you can enter any letter with a
single keypress. Predictive te
xt input is based on a built-
in dictionary to which you can add new words.
1. To turn predictive text inpu
t on or off in the general
settings, press
, and select
Tools >
Settings >
General
> Personalisation
>
Language >
Predictive text
.
2. To write the desired word, press the keys
2–9. Press
each key only once for one letter. For example, to write
"Nokia" when the English dictionary is selected, press
6 for N,
6 for o, 5
for k, 4 for i, and
2 for a.
The word suggestion changes after each keypress.
3. When you finish writing the
word correctly, scroll right
to confirm it, or press
0 to add a space.
If the word is not correct, press
*
repeatedly to view
the matching words the dictionary has found one by
one.
If the ? character is shown after the word, the word
is
not in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary,
select Spell
, enter the word using traditional text
input, and select
OK
. The word is added to the
dictionary. When the dictio
nary is full, a new word
replaces the oldest added word.
4.
Start writing the next word.
Tips on text input
To insert a number in the letter mode, press and hold the
desired number key.
#.
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between the differe
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modes,
press