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Using predictive text input
You can key in any letter with a single keypress using the predictive text input. To activate
predictive text input, press and select Dictionary on. This will activate predictive text
input for all editors in the phone. The indicator is shown at the top of the display.
See Fig. 12‚ on page 51.
1 Write the desired word by pressing the keys - . Press each key only once for
one letter. The word changes after every key press.
For example, to write ‘Nokia’ when the English dictionary is selected, press
for N, for o, for k, for i, and for a.
The word suggestion changes after each key press. See Fig. 12‚ on page 51.
2 When you have finished the word, check that it is correct.
• If the word is correct, you can confirm it by pressing or by pressing
to insert a space. The underlining disappears and you can begin to write a new
word.
• If the word is not correct, you have the following options:
• Press repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has found
one by one.
• Press and select Dictionary → Matches to view a list of matching words. Scroll
to the word you want to use and press to select it.
• If the ? character is shown after the word, the word you intended to write is not in
the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, press Spell, key in the word (max.
32 letters) using traditional text input, and press OK. The word is added to the
dictionary. When the dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest added
word.
• To remove the ? and clear characters one by one from the word, press .
Fig. 12 Predictive text
input.