Write text
14 Copyright © 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.
4. Write text
You can enter text (for example,
when writing messages) using
traditional or predictive text input.
When using 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 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.
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 entered. 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.
1. Start writing a word using 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 selected 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