Nokia 5185i Cell Phone User Manual


 
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Deleting characters
To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press .
To delete all characters in the message, press and hold .
Changing the method of text input and the case of letters
Press repeatedly to change the method of text input
(traditional or predictive ) and the case of letters that
you enter (sentence case
Abc
, upper case , or lower case
. The phone cycles through the following modes:
Predictive text input, sentence case:
Predictive text input, lower case:
Traditional text input, upper case:
Traditional text input, lower case:
Tip
: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at
all, you may want to deactivate it. (You can reactivate it later.)
See ‘Deactivating predictive text input mode’ on page 55. This
will keep you from having to cycle through all four modes.
Entering numbers
To enter one or just a few numbers, press and hold the
respective number key. To enter many numbers, change to
number entry mode ( ) and enter the numbers as usual.
To change to number entry mode, press and hold , OR,
press
Options
,
Insert number
.
Inserting special characters
To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press
and hold , OR press
Options
,
Insert symbol
. To quickly
insert a period (
.
), press . To quickly insert double dashes
(
--
) or three elipses (
...
), press a few times.
Adding a new word to the dictionary
If the
?
character appears after the word, press
Spell
. (OR, at
any time while editing, press
Options
,
Insert word
.) Enter the
word using traditional text input, and press
OK
. If the dictionary
is full, the new word replaces the oldest added word.