32 W r i t e t e x tTo change the writing language of your device, select > Settings > Phonesett. > General > Personalisation > Language > Writing language. The writinglanguage affects the characters available when writing text and the predictivetext dictionary used. Not all characters available under a number key are printedon the key.Write with traditional text inputPress a number key, 2 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. Pressthe 1 key for the most common punctuation marks and special characters.If the next letter you want is on the same key as the present one, wait until thecursor appears (or scroll forward to end the time-out period), and enter the letter.Write with predictive text input1. Press a number key, 2–9, only once for one letter. The word changes after everykeypress. For the most common punctuation marks, press 1.2. When you have finished the word and it is correct, to confirm it, scroll forwardor insert a space.If the word is not correct, to view the matching words the dictionary has foundone by one, press * repeatedly.If the ? character is shown after the word, the word you intended to write isnot in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, select Spell. Enter theword (up to 32 letters), and select OK. The word is added to the dictionary.When the dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest added word.Common functions in traditional and predictive text inputTo insert a number, press and hold the number key.To enter punctuation marks and special characters, press and hold *.To erase a character, press the clear key. To erase more characters, press and holdthe clear key.To insert a space, press 0. To move the cursor to the next line, press 0 three times.■ Copy and delete text1. To select letters and words, press and hold #, and at the same time scroll left orright. To select lines of text, press and hold #, and at the same time scroll up ordown.2. To copy the text, press and hold #, and at the same time select Copy.To delete the selected text, press the clear key.