Basic Use; Write Text - Nokia C5-00 User Manual

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Basic use

Basic use

Write text

Traditional text input
indicates traditional text input.
and indicate the uppercase
and lowercase.
sentence case, that is, the first letter of the
sentence is written in uppercase and all
the other letters are automatically written
in lowercase.
mode.
To write text with the keypad, press a
number key, 2-9, repeatedly until the
desired character is displayed. There are
more characters available for a number
key than are printed on the key. If the next
letter is located on the same key as the
present one, wait until the cursor is
displayed, and enter the letter.
To insert a number, press and hold the
number key.
To switch between the different character
cases and modes, press #.
To erase a character, press the clear key.
Press and hold the clear key to erase more
than one character.
To enter the most common punctuation
marks, press 1 repeatedly until the
desired punctuation mark is displayed.
To add special characters, press and hold
*.
indicates the
indicates number
To insert a space, press 0. To insert a line
break, press 0 three times.
Predictive text input
1 To activate or deactivate predictive
text input, press # twice quickly. This
activates or deactivates predictive
text input for all editors in the device.
indicates that predictive text
input is activated.
2 To write the desired word, press the
keys 2-9. Press each key once for each
letter.
3 When you have finished writing the
word, and it is correct, scroll right to
confirm it, or press 0 to add a space.
If the word is not correct, press *
repeatedly to view the matching
words in the dictionary.
If the ? character is displayed after the
word, the word you intended to write
is not in the dictionary. To add a word
to the dictionary, select Spell, enter
the word (up to 32 letters) using
traditional text input, and select OK.
The word is added to the dictionary.
When the dictionary is full, the new
word replaces the oldest added word.
Write the first part of a compound word;
to confirm it, scroll right. Write the second
part of the compound word. To complete
the compound word, press 0 to add a
space.
Change the writing language
When you are writing text, you can change
the writing language. For example, if you
press the 6 key repeatedly to reach a
specific character, changing the writing
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