Text entry
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■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to write messages quickly using your
keypad and the phone’s built-in dictionary. It is much faster the
standard mode method, because for each letter, you only press the
corresponding key on your keypad once.
Activate/deactivate
At any text entry screen, press and hold Options. Predictive text is
turned on and off, depending on its previous mode.
OR
1. At any text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text and press
Select.
2. Scroll to the language of your choice and press Select.
Note: The language setting affects the time and date formats of
the clock, alarm clock, and calendar.
Text entry
The illustration below simulates your display each time a key is pressed.
For example, to write Nokia with predictive text on and with the English
dictionary selected, press each of the following keys once:
the 6 keythe 6 keythe 5 keythe 4 keythe 2 key
• Press the 0 key to enter a space and begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not correct, press the * key to see other
matches. To return to the previous word in the list of matches, press
Previous.
•If ? appears after a word, press Spell to add the word to the
dictionary.
•Press the 1 key to insert a period into your message.
• Press and hold the * key to display special characters. Press the * key
again to cycle through all available characters.