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• To backspace the cursor and
delete a character, select Clear.
• To backspace continuously and
delete characters, select and
hold Clear.
■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to
write messages quickly using your
keypad and the built-in dictionary.
It is much faster than the standard
mode method, because for each
letter, you only press the
corresponding key on your keypad
once.
Activate and deactivate
1. At any text entry screen, if Zi is
on, select Options > Dictionary
on or Dictionary off.
Otherwise, this option will not
be displayed.
2. Select the language of your
choice.
The language setting affects the
time and date formats of the clock,
alarm clock, and calendar.
Enter text
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:
• Press 0 to enter a space and
begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not
correct, press * to see other
matches. To return to the
previous word in the list of
matches, select Previous.
• If ? appears after a word, select
Spell to add the word to the
dictionary.
• Press 1 to insert a period into
your message.
• Press and hold * to display
special characters. Press *
again to cycle through all
available characters.
• Press # to switch predictive
text on or off or to switch
among uppercase, lowercase,
and sentence case. The
following icons will 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.