Punctuation And Special Characters; Predictive Text Input; Activate/Deactivate; Text Entry - Nokia 6255i - Cell Phone - CDMA2000 1X User Manual

the message entry screen and switch
the ABC icon in the upper left corner
of the display to the 123 icon.
Punctuation and special
characters
While at any text entry screen, press
the * key to display special
characters (press and hold the * key
if predictive text is on). Press the *
key again to cycle through all
available characters. You can
navigate through the list of special
characters by using the Five-way
scroll key. Once a character is
highlighted, press
character into your message.

■ 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 the standard
mode method, because for each
letter, you only press the
corresponding key on your keypad
once.
the 6 key
Use to insert the
the 6 key the 5 key
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When you use Dictionary
press the # key, the following icons
(not the descriptions) appear in the
upper left of the display screen:
Uppercase text:
predictive text is on
Lowercase text:
predictive text is on

Activate/deactivate

At any text entry screen, press and
hold Options. Predictive text is
turned on and off, depending on its
previous mode.
OR
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options > Dictionary.
2. Scroll to the language of your
choice, and press Select.

Text entry

The illustration below simulates your
display each time a key is pressed.
For example, to write Nokia with
predictive text on and with the
English dictionary selected, press
each of the following keys once:
the 4 key
T e x t e n t r y
on, as you
the 2 key
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