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

3 To call the contact, press the call key. If you have saved several numbers for a contact,
select the desired number from the list.

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.
If automatic display rotation and sensors are activated, the text input mode changes
automatically between Full screen QWERTY (on-screen keyboard) and Alphanumeric
keypad (on-screen keypad) when you rotate the device.
If the text input mode does not change automatically, to enter text using the on-screen
keyboard, select
When using the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and in full screen mode, you
can select the keys with your fingers.
Settings and Phone
>
Auto-rotate
>
Full screen
>
Sensor settings
>
display.
QWERTY.
Write text
Sensors > On.
>
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