Write Text; Settings; Predictive Text Input - Nokia 8800 Sirocco User Manual

W r i t e t e x t

4. Write text

To enter text (for example, when writing a message), use traditional or
predictive text input. When using traditional text input, press a number
key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. Using
predictive text input you can enter a letter with a single keypress.
When you write text,
indicating predictive text input, and
text input. ,
indicating the character case. To change the character case, press #.
indicates number mode. To change from the letter to number
mode, press and hold #, and select Number mode.

■ Settings

To set the writing language to a language other than that selected in
Phone language, select Options > Writing language. Predictive text
input is only available for the languages on the list.
To set the predictive text input option, select Options > Prediction on,
to set traditional text input option select Options > Prediction off.

■ Predictive text input

Predictive text input allows you to write text quickly using the phone
keypad and a built-in dictionary.
1. Start writing a word using the keys, 2 to 9. Press each key only once
for a single letter. The word changes after each keystroke.
2. When you finish writing the correct word, add a space to confirm it
by pressing 0.
If the word is not correct, press
Matches. When the word that you want appears, select Use.
If the ? character is displayed after the word, the word you intended
to write is not in the dictionary. To add the word to the dictionary,
select Spell. Enter the word (traditional text input is used), and select
Save.
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appears at the top left of the display,
, or appears next to the text input indicator,
repeatedly, or select Options >
*
appears, indicating traditional