Text entry
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Punctuation and special characters
While at any text entry screen, press * to display special
characters. Press * again to cycle through all available
characters. Scroll to navigate through the list of special
characters. With a character highlighted, select Insert to
insert the character into your message.
■ Predictive text mode
Much faster than the standard mode method, predictive text
input enables you to write messages quickly using your keypad
and the built-in dictionary. In the predictive text mode, your
phone predicts the words as you enter them.
Activate or deactivate
1. At any text entry screen, select Options > Prediction on
to activate or Prediction off to deactivate.
2. If you are turning predictive text on, select the language
of your choice.
Text entry
The illustration below simulates your display each time a key
is pressed. For example, to write Verizon with predictive text
on and the English dictionary selected, press each of the
following keys once:
8 3 7 4 9 6 6
•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 Prev.