Text Entry; Standard Mode - Nokia 5100 User Manual

5 Text entry

You can use two methods for entering text and numbers.
• The standard mode is the only way to enter names into such things
as the phone book, and renaming caller groups
• Predictive text input is a quick and easy method for writing messages

• STANDARD MODE

Text (Abc)
• Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the
second letter, and so on. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the
display is accepted and your phone awaits the next entry.
• Press the 0 key to enter a space thereby accepting a completed word.
• Press the 1 key to enter a period (.).
• Press the star key to display special characters. See more about
special characters on the following pages.
Numbers (123)
To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press and hold the pound key at
any message entry screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the
display switches from Abc to 123 (or vice versa).
CLEAR THE SCREEN
• Press Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character.
• Press and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete.
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Text entry