Write text
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4. Write text
To enter text (for example, when writing
messages), use traditional or predictive
text input. To use traditional text input,
press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly
until the desired character appears. In
predictive text input you can enter a
letter with a single keypress.
When you write text, appears at
the top left of the display, indicating
predictive text input, and appears,
indicating traditional text input.
, , or appears next to the
text input indicator, indicating the
character case. To change the character
case, press #. indicates number
mode. To change from the letter to
number mode, press and hold #, and
select Number mode.
■ Settings
To set the writing language while writing
text, select Options > Writing language.
When writing text, select Options >
Prediction on or Prediction off to set
predictive text input on or revert to
traditional text input.
Tip: To quickly set predictive text
input on or off when writing
text, press # twice, or select and
hold Options.
■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to write
text quickly using the phone keypad and
a built-in dictionary.
1. To start writing a word, use the 2 to 9
keys. Press each key only once for one
letter. The phone displays * or the
letter if it separately has a meaning
as a word. The entered letters are
displayed underlined.
To insert a special character, press
and hold *, or select Options > Insert
symbol. Scroll to a character, and
select Use.
2. When you finish writing the word and
it is correct, to confirm it, press 0 to
add space.
If the word is not correct, press *
repeatedly, or select Options >
Matches. When the word that you
want appears, select Use.