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The characters available depend on the language selected in the Phone language 
menu, see Phone settings on page 118.
• If the next letter you want is located on the same key as the present one, wait 
until the cursor appears, or press any of the scroll keys and then key in the 
letter.
•  The most common punctuation marks and special characters are available 
under the number key  .
For more instructions on writing text, see Tips for writing text on page 45.
■ Tips for writing text
The following functions may also be available for writing text:
• To insert a space, press  .
• Move the cursor to the left, right, down or up with the scroll key. 
• To insert a number while in letter mode, press and hold the desired number key.
• To delete a character to the left of the cursor, press Clear. Press and hold Clear 
to delete the characters more quickly.
To delete all the characters at once when writing a message, press Options and 
select Clear text.
• To insert a word when using predictive text input, press Options and select 
Insert word. Write the word using traditional text input and press Save. The 
word is also added to the dictionary.