Writing Text; Setting Predictive Text Input On And Off; Selecting The Writing Language; Using Predictive Text Input - Nokia 6170 User Manual

4. Writing text

You can key in text, for example,
when writing messages, using
traditional or predictive text input.
When you write text,
at the top of the display, indicating
the predictive text input, and
appears, indicating the traditional
text input. ,
appears next to the text input
indicator, indicating the character
case. To change the character case,
press . indicates number
mode. To change from letter to
number mode, press and hold
and select Number
to letter mode, press and hold
■ Setting predictive text
input on and off
When you write text, press Options.
To set the predictive text input on if
it is available for the language,
select Dictionary on, or to revert to
traditional text input, select
Dictionary off.
Tip: To quickly set the
predictive text input on or off
when writing text in letter
mode, press
press and hold Options.
appears
, or
,
mode. To revert
.
twice, or
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■ Selecting the writing
language
When you write text in letter mode,
press Options, or press and hold
. To temporarily change the
language for writing text, select
Writing language.
To set different language for writing
text and for the texts shown on the
display, press Menu, and select
Settings, Phone settings, and
Language settings.
■ Using predictive text
input
The predictive text input is based on
a built-in dictionary to which you
can also add new words. You can key
in a letter with a single keypress.
1. Start writing a word using the
keys to
key only once for an individual
letter. The word changes after
each keystroke.
2. When you have finished writing
the word and it is correct,
confirm it by adding a space with
or by pressing any of the
scroll keys. Press a scroll key to
move the cursor.
W r i t i n g t e x t
. Press each
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