Writing Text; Predictive Text - Nokia 1100a User Manual

4

Writing text

You can enter text two ways: use the traditional text input (indicated with
or use predictive text input (indicated with

• PREDICTIVE TEXT

Turn on or off
When writing text, press Options > Predictive text > English > OK.
To revert to traditional text input, select Prediction off.
Tip: To quickly turn the predictive text input on or off when writing text,
press # twice.
Use predictive text
Predictive text input is an easy way to write text. It is based on a built-in
dictionary to which you can also add new words.
1 Key in the word you want by pressing each key once for one letter. The word
changes after each keystroke. For example, to write 'Nokia' when the English
dictionary is selected, press 6 6 5 4 2.
• To delete the character to the left of the cursor, press C. To clear the
screen, press and hold C.
• To switch between upper and lowercase, or between traditional and
predictive text input, press # repeatedly and check the indicator at the
top of the display.
• To switch between letters and numbers, press and hold #.
• To get a list of special characters, press and hold
you want, and press Insert.
• To insert a number, press and hold the number key you want. To insert
several numbers, press and hold # and key in the numbers.
2 If the displayed word is the one you want, press 0 and start writing the
next word.
• To change the word, press
• If the "?" is displayed after the word, the word is not in the dictionary.
To add the word to the dictionary, press Spell, key in the word (using
traditional text input), and press OK.
Writing compound words
Key in the first half of the word, press
Nokia 1100 User Guide
).
repeatedly until the word you want appears.
*
, and key in the second half.
15
W r i t i n g t e x t
, select the character
*
Copyright © 2005 Nokia
)