W r i t e t e x t
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4. Write text
You can enter text (for example,
when writing messages) using
traditional or predictive text input.
When using 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,
or
appears at the top 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
.
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Settings
To set the writing language while
writing text, select
Options
>
Writing language
.
When writing text, select
Options
>
Prediction settings
.
To set predictive text input on or
revert to traditional text input,
select
Prediction
>
On
or
Off
.
To select the prediction type, select
Prediction type
>
Normal
or
Word
suggestions
. If you select
Normal
,
indicated with
, the phone
predicts the word on the basis of the
characters you entered. If you select
Word suggestions
, indicated with
, the phone predicts and
completes the word before you enter
all the characters.
Tip:
To quickly set predictive
text input on or off when
writing text, press
#
twice, or
select and hold
Options
.
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Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to
write text quickly using the phone
keypad and a built-in dictionary.
1. Start writing a word using 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.
If you selected
Word suggestions
as prediction type, the phone
starts to predict the word you are
writing. After you enter a few
letters, and if these entered
letters are not a word, the phone
