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4. Write text
To enter text (for example, when writing messages), use traditional or predictive text input. To use traditional
text input, press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. In predictive text input
you can enter a letter with a single keypress.
When you write text, or appears at the top left of the display, indicating predictive text input, and
appears, indicating traditional text input. , , or appears next to the text input indicator,
indicating the character case. To change the character case, press #. indicates number mode. To change
from the letter to number mode, press and hold #, and select Number mode.
■ Settings
To set the writing language while writing text, select Options > Writing language.
When writing text, select Options > Prediction .
To set predictive text input on or revert to traditional text input, select Prediction > On or Off.
To select the prediction type, select Prediction type > Normal or Word suggestions. If you select Normal,
indicated with , the phone predicts the word on the basis of the characters you enter. If you select Word
suggestions, indicated with , the phone predicts and completes the word before you enter all the
characters.
Tip: To quickly set predictive text input on or off when writing text, press # twice, or select and hold
Options.
■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to write text quickly using the phone keypad and a built-in dictionary.