While at any text entry screen, press the * key to display special characters (press and
hold the * key if predictive text is on). You can navigate through the list of special
characters by using the four-way scroll key. Once a character is highlighted, press
Insert to insert the character into your message.
• 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.
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Text entry
Activate/deactivate
At any text entry screen, press and hold Options. Predictive text is turned on and
off, depending on its previous mode.
OR
1
At any text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text 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
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