Writing Text; Setting Predictive Text Input On Or Off; Using Predictive Text Input - Nokia 8310 User Manual

4. Writing text

You can key in text, for example when writing messages, in two different ways, using the traditional
method, or another method called predictive text input.
When you are writing text, the predictive text input is indicated by
by at the top left of the display. The character case is indicated by Abc, abc, or ABC next to the text
input indicator, and you can change the character case by pressing
indicated by 123, and you can change between the letter and number mode by pressing and holding
.

Setting predictive text input on or off

When writing text, press
• To set the predictive text input on, select a language in the dictionary options list. Predictive text
input is only available for the languages on the list.
• To change back to the traditional text input, select
Tip: To quickly set the predictive text input on or off when writing text, press
press and hold Options.

Using predictive text input

You can key in any letter with a single keypress. The predictive text input is based on a built-in
dictionary to which you can also add new words.
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Options and select Dictionary.
and the traditional text input
. The number mode is
Dictionary off.
twice, or