W r i t e t e x t274. Write textYou can enter text (for example, when writing messages) usingtraditional or predictive text input. To use traditional text input, press anumber key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. Inpredictive text input you can enter a letter with a single keypress.When you write text, or appears at the top left of the display,indicating predictive text input, and appears, indicating traditionaltext input. , , or appears next to the text input indicator,indicating the character case. To change the character case, press #.indicates number mode. To change from the letter to numbermode, press and hold #, and select Number mode.■ SettingsTo set the writing language while writing text, select Options > Writinglanguage.When writing text, select Options > Prediction settings.To set predictive text input on or revert to traditional text input, selectPrediction > On or Off.To select the prediction type, select Prediction type > Normal or Wordsuggestions. If you select Normal, indicated with , the phonepredicts the word on the basis of the characters you entered. If youselect Word suggestions, indicated with , the phone predicts andcompletes the word before you enter all the characters.Tip: To quickly set predictive text input on or off when writingtext, press # twice, or select and hold Options.■ Predictive text inputPredictive text input allows you to write text quickly using the phonekeypad and a built-in dictionary.NewYork_Orange_Issue_1A.fm Page 27 Wednesday, September 28, 2005 1:12 PM