Nokia 6288 Cell Phone User Manual


 
Write text
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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, 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 settings.
To set predictive text input on or revert to traditional text input, select
Prediction > On or Off.
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.
1. To start writing a word, use the 2 to 9 keys. Press each key only once
for one letter. The phone displays * or the letter if it separately has a
meaning as a word. The entered letters are displayed underlined.
If you select Word suggestions as prediction type, the phone starts to
predict the word you are writing. After you enter a few letters, and if
these entered letters are not a word, the phone tries to predict longer
words. Only the entered letters are displayed underlined.