Nokia 1220 User Manual

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14 Copyright © Nokia 2003Switch to and from numeric entry (123)To switch between 123 mode and Abc mode, press and hold # at any messageentry screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the display switches from Abcto 123 (or vice versa).• PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUTPredictive text input allows you to enter text quickly using your keypad and thebuilt-in phone dictionary.Activate predictive text1 At any text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text.2 Select the language of your choice.Enter text• For each letter of the word that you want to spell, press the corresponding keyon your keypad only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter onthe key. The phone “guesses” the word you are trying to spell.• If a displayed word is not correct, press * to see other matches. To moveforward through a list of matches, keep pressing *.• Press the 0 key to accept the word, enter a space, and begin writing thenext word.• If ? appears after a word, select Spell to add the word to the dictionary.See “Add new words to the dictionary” on page 14.• Press the 1 key to insert a period into your message.• Press and hold * to display special characters. See “Punctuation and specialcharacters” on page 15.Add new words to the dictionaryIf you encounter a word that predictive text does not recognize, a question mark(?) follows the word and Spell appears in the lower left of the display.Select Spell, enter your new word using the keypad, and select Save. The word isadded to the dictionary and to the message that you are writing.Keep these factors in mind when adding words:• New words that you accept by selecting Save, the 0 key, or deleting the spacebetween two words are saved to the dictionary.• Depending on the language and the length of the words, you may be able toadd hundreds of words to the dictionary.• When the dictionary is full, the most recent addition replaces the first.