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Predictive text input
You can enter any letter with a single key press.
Predictive text input is based on a built-in dictionary to
which you can also add new words.
is shown on the
top right of the display when you write text using
predictive text input.
1
To activate predictive text
input, press
, and
select
Predictive text on
.
This activates predictive
text input for all editors in
the device.
2
To write the desired word,
press the keys
—
.
Press each key only once
for one letter. 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 press.
3
When you finish writing the word correctly, scroll right
to confirm it, or press
to add a space.
If the word is not correct, press
repeatedly to view
each matching word, or press
, and select
Predictive
text
>
Matches
.
If the
?
character is shown after the word, the word is
not in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary,
select
Spell
, enter the word using traditional text input,
and select
OK
. The word is added to the dictionary.
When the dictionary is full, a new word replaces the
oldest added word.
4
Start writing the next word.
Tip!
To set predictive text input on or off,
quickly press
twice.
Tips on text input
To insert a number in letter mode, press and hold the
desired number key.
To switch between the different character modes,
press
.
To erase a character, press
. Press and hold
to clear
more than one character.
Press
to open a list of special characters.
Tip!
To insert several special characters at the same
time, press
when you select each character.
The most common punctuation marks are available under
. Press
, then
repeatedly to search for the
desired punctuation mark.
Tip!
Predictive text input tries to guess which
commonly used punctuation mark (
.,?!‘
) is needed.
The order and availability of the punctuation marks
depend on the language of the dictionary.
