Write Text; Automatic Input Modes; On-Screen Keyboard - Nokia 5530 XpressMusic User Manual

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Write text

To call the contact, press the call key. If you have saved several numbers for a contact,
select the desired number from the list, and press the call key.
5. Write text
You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters in several different ways. The
on-screen keyboard allows you to enter characters by tapping them with your
fingers or the stylus. Handwriting recognition allows you to write characters directly
onto the screen using the stylus as a pen. Handwriting recognition may not be
available for all languages.
Tap any text input field to enter letters, numbers, and special characters.
Your device can complete words based on the built-in dictionary for the selected
text input language. The device also learns new words from your input.

Automatic input modes

When the sensors and display rotation in your device are activated, the input mode
is automatically switched to on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and to
alphanumeric keypad in portrait mode. If you have selected handwriting
recognition as the text input mode, the automatic input mode switching does not
function.
To activate the sensors and display rotation, do the following:
1 Select Menu
2 Select Turning control

On-screen keyboard

You can use the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode.
Settings Phone
>
>
Auto-rotate
>
Sensor settings
>
display.
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