Text Entry; Traditional Text Input; Tips For Writing Text; Predictive Text Input - Nokia 2255 User Manual

T e x t e n t r y

3. Text entry

You can enter text and numbers in two
ways: traditional text input indicated
with , or predictive text input
indicated with

Traditional text input

• Press a key once to insert the first
letter on the key, twice for the
second letter, etc. If you pause
briefly, the last letter in the display
is accepted and your device awaits
the next entry.
• To add a letter that is on the same
key as the previous letter, scroll up
or down (or wait for the cursor to
appear), and enter the next letter.

Tips for writing text

• Press 0 to enter a space and 1 to
enter a period (.).
• To move the cursor left or right,
scroll left or right.
• To delete the character to the left
of the cursor, select Clear. To clear
the screen, select and hold Clear.
• To switch between letters and
numbers, press and hold #.
• To enter a number, press and hold
the desired key.
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• To enter a special character,
press and hold *, scroll to the
character you want, and select Use.
In traditional text entry, you can
also enter some punctuation marks
and other special characters by
pressing 1 repeatedly.
• To switch between upper and lower
case or between traditional and
predictive text, press # repeatedly.
The indicator at the top of the
display shows which mode is
active.

Predictive text input

Predictive text input allows you to
write messages quickly using your
keypad and the built-in dictionary. It is
much faster than traditional text entry.

Activate or deactivate

To activate predictive text, at any text
entry screen, select Options
Dictionary and the desired language.
To revert to traditional text entry,
select Options > Predictive text
Dictionary off.
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