Predictive text input (dictionary on) is a quick and easy method for
writing messages.
Press the # key to switch predictive text on or off and to switch between uppercase
and lowercase text. As you press the # key, the following icons (not the descriptions)
appear in the upper left of the display:
To switch to numeric entry, press and hold the # key; then select the number mode.
To switch back to text entry, press and hold the # key.
• STANDARD MODE
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 phone awaits
the next entry.
•
Select Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character.
•
Select and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete characters.
•
Press the 0 key to enter a space and accept a completed word.
•
Press the 1 key to enter a period (.).
•
Press the * key to display special characters. See “Special characters” on page 16.
• PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
Predictive text input allows you to write messages quickly using your keypad and
the built-in phone dictionary. It is much faster than using the standard mode
multitap method. You can use predictive text to write a message, create a calendar
note, and make a to-do list.
Icon
Indicates...
Uppercase text. Predictive text is off.
Lowercase text. Predictive text is off.
Sentence case text. Predictive text is off.
Sentence case text. Predictive text is on.
Lowercase text. Predictive text is on.
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Text entry
Note: When predictive text is on, the icon
appears in the upper left
corner of the display. When predictive text is off, the icon
appears in
the upper left corner of the display.
Activate predictive text
At any text entry screen, select and hold Options.
OR
At a text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text and the desired language.
The selection of a writing language does not affect the language used in the phone
menus, displays, and messages.
Enter text
For each letter of the word that you want to spell, press the corresponding key on
your keypad only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.
The phone guesses the word you are trying to spell.
•
If a displayed word is not correct, press the * key
to see other matches. To move
forward through a list of matches, keep pressing the * key. To return to the
previous word in the list of matches, select Previous.
•
Press the 0 key to accept the word, enter a space, and begin writing the next word.
•
If ? appears after a word, select Spell to add the word to the dictionary. See
“Add new words to the dictionary” on page 15.
•
Press the 1 key to insert a period into your message.
•
Press and hold the * key to display special characters. See “Special characters”
on page 16.
Compound words
Enter the first part of the word and confirm it by pressing the Scroll down key.
Enter the last part of the word and confirm it by pressing the 0 key.
Add new words to the dictionary
If you encounter a word that predictive text does not recognize, a question mark
(?) follows the word and Spell appears in the bottom center of the display.
Select Spell, enter your new word using the keypad, and select Save. The word is
added to the dictionary and to the message that you are writing.
Keep these factors in mind when adding words:
•
New words that you accept by selecting Save, the 0 key, or deleting the space
between two words are saved to the dictionary.
•
Depending on the language and the length of the words, you may be able to
add hundreds of words to the dictionary.
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When the dictionary is full, the most recent addition replaces the first.
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Predictive text 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
The illustration above simulates your display each time a key is pressed.
• SPECIAL CHARACTERS