Nokia 3205i User Guide 23 Copyright © 2004 Nokia
Text entry
Punctuation and special characters
While at any text entry screen, press * key to display special characters (press and
hold the * key if the dictionary is on). To navigate through the list of special characters,
use the Four-way scroll key. Once a character is highlighted, press Insert to insert
the character into your message.
■ Dictionary mode
Dictionary 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 or deactivate
At any text entry screen, select Options > Dictionary on/Dictionary off.
OR
Press and hold # key to bring up the editor settings menu and select Dictionary on/
Dictionary off.
Text entry
The following illustration simulates your display each time a key is pressed. For
example, to write Nokia with the dictionary 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 * 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; then press * again to cycle through
all available characters, including smiley face characters.
Note: 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.