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Writing text
Tip! To quickly set
predictive text input on or
off when writing text,
press twice.
You can key in text in two different ways, using the method traditionally used in mobile
phones or another method called predictive text input.
Using traditional text input
The indicator is shown on the top right of the display when you are writing text
using traditional text input.
Press a number key ( - ), repeatedly until the desired character appears.
Note, that there are more characters available for a number key than are printed on the
key.
Icons: and
indicate the
selected case.
means that the first letter
in the message and letters
occurring after a full stop,
exclamation or question
mark are written in upper
case, and all other letters
are written in lower case.
indicates number
mode.
To insert a number, press and hold the number key.
To switch between letter and number mode, press and hold .
If the next letter is located on the same key as the present one, wait until the cursor
appears (or move the joystick to the right to end the time-out period), and then key in
the letter.
If you make a mistake, press to remove a character. Press and hold to clear
more than one character.
The most common punctuation marks are available under . Press
repeatedly to reach the desired punctuation mark.
Press to open a list of special characters. Use the joystick to scroll the list and
press OK to select a character.
To insert a space, press . To move the cursor to the next line, press three
times.
To switch between the different character cases Abc, abc, and ABC, press . Note
that if you press quickly twice the predictive text input is activated.
Using predictive text input
To activate predictive text input for all editors in the phone: