15[ 66 ]Change the text input methodTo switch (toggle) between predictive and traditional text input modeswhile you are editing a message, press the Pound key several timesuntil the icon indicates the mode you want to use. You must activatepredictive text before you will be able to toggle between the two modes.Tip: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all, deactivateit. You can reactivate it later.• WORKING WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUTThe predictive text feature is based on a built-in dictionary to which youcan add words. Your phone includes several different language versions ofthis dictionary. Although your phone can display a given language on thescreen, it may not have a predictive-text dictionary of that same language.By default, your phone is set in the traditional text input mode. Before youcan use the predictive text input method, you must first activate thepredictive text mode.Key Characters Key Characters1 . , @ ’ ? ! -1 7 PQRS72 ABC2 8 TUV83 DEF3 9 WXYZ94 GHI4 0 Enters an empty space or 05 JKL5 * Special characters6 MNO6 # Changes letter case; long press togglesbetween ABC/abc & 123 mode