Traditional Text Input; Predictive Text Input; Switch Between Text Modes - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic User Manual

2 — Input menu - Opens the touch input menu, which
includes commands such as
Writing language.
3 — Text input indicator - Opens a pop-up window, in which
you can turn predictive text input modes on or off, change
the character case, and switch between letter and number
mode.
4 — Input mode - Opens a pop-up window, in which you can
select from the available input modes. When you tap an item,
the current input method view closes, and the selected one
opens.
5 — Arrow keys - Moves the cursor left or right.
6 — Backspace - Deletes the previously entered character.
7 — Number keys - Enters the desired numbers or characters
according to the current case and input mode.
8 — Star - Opens a special characters table.
9 — Shift - Changes the character case, turns predictive text
input modes on or off, and switches between the alphabet
and number modes.

Traditional text input

Tap a number key (1-9) repeatedly until the desired character
appears. There are more characters available for a number
key than are visible on the key.
If the next letter is located on the same key as the present
one, wait until the cursor appears (or move the cursor
forward to end the time-out period), and enter the letter.
To insert a space, tap 0. To move the cursor to the next line,
tap 0 three times.
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Activate predictive text

Predictive text input

and
With predictive text input, you can enter any letter with a
single tap of a key. Predictive text input is based on a built-
in dictionary to which you can add new words.
1. To activate predictive text input for all editors on the
device, tap
quickly tap # twice. You can also tap
Activate predictive
2. To write the desired word, tap the keys 2-9. Tap each key
only once for one letter. For example, to write "Nokia"
when the English dictionary is selected, tap 6 for N, 6 for
o, 5 for k, 4 for i, and 2 for a.
The word suggestion changes after each tap of a key.
3. When you finish writing the word correctly, move the
cursor right to confirm it, or tap 0 to add a space.
If the word is not correct, tap * repeatedly to view the
matching words the dictionary has found one by one.
If the ? character is shown after the word, the word is not
in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, select
Spell, enter the word using traditional text input, and
select OK. The word is added to the dictionary. When the
dictionary is full, a new word replaces the oldest added
word.
4. Start writing the next word.

Switch between text modes

To turn predictive text input off for all editors in your device,
tap , and select
, and select Activate prediction, or
, and select
text.
Deactivate prediction
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