Write Text; Text Modes; Traditional Text Input; Predictive Text Input - Nokia 6260 slide User Manual

Write text

Text modes

To enter text (for example, when writing messages)
you can use traditional or predictive text input.
When you write text, press and hold Options to switch
between traditional text input, indicated by
predictive text input, indicated by
languages are supported by predictive text input.
The character cases are indicated by
.
To change the character case, press #. To change from
the letter to number mode, indicated by
hold #, and select Number mode. To change from the
number to the letter mode, press and hold #.
To set the writing language, select Options > Writing
language.

Traditional text input

Press a number key, 2-9, repeatedly until the desired
character appears. The available characters depend on
the selected writing language.
If the next letter you want is located on the same key
as the present one, wait until the cursor appears, and
enter the letter.
To access the most common punctuation marks and
special characters, press 1 repeatedly. To access the list
of special characters, press *. To insert a space, press
0.

Predictive text input

Predictive text input is based on a built-in dictionary to
, and
which you can also add new words.
. Not all
1. Start writing a word, using the keys 2 to 9. Press
each key only once for one letter.
, , and
2. To confirm a word, scroll right or add a space.
● If the word is not correct, press * repeatedly, and
, press and
● If the ? character is displayed after the word, the
● To write compound words, enter the first part of
3. Start writing the next word.
select the word from the list.
word you intended to write is not in the
dictionary. To add the word to the dictionary,
select Spell. Enter the word using traditional
text input, and select Save.
the word, and scroll right to confirm it. Write the
last part of the word, and confirm the word.
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