8260 User Guide version v. 0.06 [ 79 ] 4/21/00
Send and receive text messages
Keys and tools for predictive text input
Turn off predictive text input
• To switch from predictive text input to standard text input, repeat 
steps 1 through 4 above
Key Purpose
 -  Use for word entry. Press each key only once for each 
letter.
Press to view the next matching word if the underlined 
word is not the word you intended.
Spell If the dictionary sees a word it doesn’t recognize, you see 
Spell above the left selection key. Press Spell, enter the 
word you want to enter, and press OK. 
Press once to accept a word and add a space.
Press once quickly to change the character case.   
indicates uppercase.   indicates lowercase.
Press and hold to enter a number.   indicates 123 
mode. Press and hold again to write text letters.
Clear Press once to delete the character to the left of the 
cursor.
Press once to add a punctuation mark. To change the 
underlined symbol, press   repeatedly until the 
symbol you want appears.
Maximum number of characters available. The character 
counter appears in the top right corner of the display 
and counts down for each character added.
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