Vertu Ascent RHV-3 Reference Manual page 22

Basic Text Input Example
To write the word 'Vertu' using basic text input in a
text message:
PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
Predictive text reduces the number of key presses
required to key in a word. As you key in characters,
predictive text attempts to match the characters to
a word in the built-in dictionary.
Before you can use predictive text input, you must
select the language for predictive text.
Predictive text is only available for languages
listed.
The selection of a writing language does not
affect the language used in the phone menus
and displays.
Once enabled, simply press the
between predictive text input (shown by the
icon) and basic text input (shown by the
any time when keying in your text.
Press the key until the
>
icon is displayed.
Press the 8 three times
>
for "V".
Press the 3 key twice
>
for "e".
Press the 7 key three
>
times for "r".
Press the 8 once for "t".
>
Wait for the cursor to
>
reappear then press the
8 key twice "u".
Use the keys to
S C R O L L
move the cursor through
the text message.
Press at any time to
C le ar
erase the character before
the cursor.
From the text input
>
display, press
O p t i o n s
Scroll to
D ic t i o n a ry
>
press .
S el ec t
Scroll to the desired
>
language or select
to
Di cti o nar y o f f
disable predictive text
input then press
S e l e c t
A confirmation message
is displayed.
key to switch
icon) at
To use predictive text input:
Press the
>
with the appropriate text input mode for case.
For each letter of the word that you want to spell,
>
press the corresponding
keypad only once, even if the letter you want is not
the first letter on the key. The phone guesses the
word you are trying to spell.
If the displayed word is not correct, press the
>
key to see other letter combinations/matches. To
move forward through the list of matches, press
the key repeatedly. To return to the previous
word in the list, press
Press the 1 key to insert a period or other
>
punctuation into your text. The punctuation forms
part of the word.
Press the 0 key to accept the word, enter a
>
space, and begin writing the next word.
If question mark appears after a word and you can
>
enter no more letters, press
word to the dictionary. Refer to "Adding a Word to
the Dictionary" on page 13.
To insert a number in your text, press and hold the
>
corresponding
Press and hold the
>
characters such as dollar sign, euro symbol or
pound sign. Refer to "Special Character Input"
on page 14.
Adding a Word to the Dictionary
If a word is not recognised, a question mark
appears at the end of the text you have just keyed
.
in. An audible alert also sounds if your Vertu phone
and
is set up for audible alerts.
To add the word to the dictionary:
Press
S p el l
>
Key in the desired word. The basic text input
>
input method is automatically used when adding
.
a new word to the dictionary.
Press S ave
>
The next time you use predictive text input, the new
word will be recognised.
New words are automatically added to the
dictionary if you delete the space between two
known words.
Depending on the language and the length of the
words, you may be able to add hundreds of words
to the dictionary. When the dictionary is full, the
most recent addition replaces the first.
key until the icon is displayed
key on your
N U M B E R
.
P re v.
to add the
S p e ll
key.
N U M B E R
key to access special
.
. The new word appears in your text.
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