Traditional Text Input; Tips On Text Input; Predictive Text Input; Change The Writing Language - Nokia N86 8MP User Manual

Traditional text input

Press a number key (1–9) repeatedly until the desired
character appears. 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 appears (or scroll
right to end the time-out period), and enter the letter.
To insert a space, press 0. To move the cursor to the
next line, 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
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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.

Tips on text input

To insert a number in the letter mode, press and hold
the desired number key.
To switch between the different character modes,
press #.
To delete a character, press C. To delete more than one
character, press and hold C.
The most common punctuation marks are available
under 1. To scroll them through one by one, if you use
traditional text input, press 1 repeatedly. If you use
predictive text input, press 1, and then * repeatedly.
To open a list of special characters, press and hold *.
Tip: To select several special characters from the
special characters list, press 5 after each
highlighted character.

Change the writing language

When you are writing text, you can change the writing
language. For example, if you are writing text using a