Nokia 6310i User Manual

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W r i t i n g t e x t18 Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved4. Writing textYou can key in text in two different ways,using the traditional method, or anothermethod called predictive text input.■ Using traditional text inputThe indicator is shown on the top left ofthe display when you are writing text usingthe traditional text input.• Press a number key, to ,repeatedly until the desired characterappears. All the characters available undera number key are not printed on the key.The available characters depend on thelanguage selected in the Language menu.See Language on page 33.To insert a number, press and hold thenumber key you want.• To switch between letter and numbermodes, press and hold . Numbermode is indicated by 123 at the top of thedisplay.• If the next letter you want is located onthe same key as the present one, wait untilthe cursor appears, or press or, and then key in the letter.• If you make a mistake, press Clear toremove the character to the left of thecursor. Press and hold Clear to delete thecharacters more quickly.• The most common punctuation marks andspecial characters are available under thenumber key .Pressing brings up a list of specialcharacters. Scroll through the list andpress Use to select a character.To scroll through the list more quickly,press , , or , andpress to select a character.• To insert a space, press .• To switch between upper case and lowercase, press . The symbol ABC or abcshown at the top of the display indicatesthe selected case.• Press or to move the cursorto the right or left, respectively.■ Using predictive text inputYou can key in any letter with a singlekeypress. The predictive text input is based ona built-in dictionary to which you can alsoadd new words. When the dictionary becomesfull, the new word replaces the oldest addedone. The indicator is shown on the topleft of the display when you are writing textby using the predictive text input.Setting predictive text input on oroffWhen writing text, press Options and selectDictionary.• To set the predictive text input off, selectDictionary off.• To set the predictive text input on, select alanguage available in the dictionaryoptions list. Predictive text input is onlyavailable for the languages in the list.Tip: To quickly set the predictive textinput on or off, press twicewhen writing text.Writing words with predictive textinput1. Start writing a word by using the keysto . Press each key only oncefor one letter. The word changes after eachkeystroke.