Text Entry - Nokia 2255 User Manual

T e x t e n t r y

3. Text entry

You can enter text and numbers 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.
• To enter a special character, press and hold *, scroll to the character you want,
and select Insert. 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, and check the indicator at the top of the
display.
■ 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.
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