Write Text; On-Screen Keyboard - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic User Manual

Write text

numbers for a contact, select the desired number from the
list, and press the call key.
5. Write text
You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters in
several different ways. The on-screen keyboards allow you to
enter characters by tapping them with your fingers or the
stylus. Handwriting recognition allows you to write
characters directly onto the screen using the stylus as a pen.
Tap any text input field to enter letters, numbers, and special
characters.
Your device can complete words based on the built-in
dictionary for the selected text input language. The device
also learns new words from your input.

On-screen keyboard

To activate the on-screen keyboard in portrait mode, select
and Mini QWERTY keyboard.
To activate the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode, select
and Full screen QWERTY.
When using the on-screen keyboard in portrait mode, tap the
keys of the keyboard with the stylus. When using the on-
screen keyboard in landscape mode and in full-screen, you
can tap the keys with your fingers.
For an explanation of each key and its function, see the
following figure.
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1 — Close - Closes the on-screen keyboard view.
2 — Input menu - Opens the touch input options menu, which
includes commands such as Writing language.
3 — On-screen keyboard
4 — Shift and Caps Lock - Allows you to enter an uppercase
character when you write in lowercase using the on-screen
keyboard. When you tap this key in handwriting recognition
mode, the last lowercase character switches to uppercase,
and vice versa. To turn Caps Lock on, tap the key twice. The
key will have a line under it.
5 — Numbers and symbols - Switches between numbers,
most commonly used special characters, and alphabet
characters in the on-screen keyboard.
6 — Character accents - Opens a pop-up window, in which
you can select language character accents.
7 — Space bar - Inserts a space.
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