Nokia 2270 Cell Phone User Manual


 
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Text entry
Enter numbers
Your phone will switch to 123 mode when entering a number into your phone book or any other
purely numeric entry. When in ABC mode, you can insert numbers using any of the following:
•Press and hold the
#
key for two seconds to switch to 123 mode, then press the desired
number keys. Press and hold
#
again to return to ABC mode.
Press and hold the desired number key until the number appears on the display.
Press the desired key repeatedly until the desired number appears.
Enter punctuation or other characters
You can enter punctuation, specials characters, and symbols while
writing text messages, entering notes in the organizer, creating
phone book entries, or Internet browsing.
You can add punctuation or special characters by these methods:
•Press
1
repeatedly while in ABC mode to cycle through some of
the most common punctuation marks and special characters.
•Press
*
to activate the special characters list. A screen appears displaying the available
special characters.
Use the scroll keys to highlight the desired character, then press
Insert
.
Important:
Some networks may not support all language-dependent characters.
Use special characters in phone numbers
You can enter certain special characters as a part of the phone numbers you save to the phone
book. Pressing
*
repeatedly cycles through the four special characters available when saving a
phone number.
*
Sends command strings to the network. Contact your service provider for more information.
+
Links a 1-touch dialing location to the number currently being entered.
p
Creates a pause that occurs when the phone dials a number. Numbers entered to the right
of this special character are automatically sent as touch tones after a 2.5-second pause.
w
Causes the phone to wait for you to press
Send
.
WRITE WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT
Using predictive text input is a quick way to enter text, using a
highly compressed database (or dictionary) of common words
that tries to anticipate the word as you enter it.
Watching predictive text guess a word can be confusing, disregard
the screen until all characters have been entered.