51Copyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved.4. Writing textYour phone is especially designed for easy and comfortable text writing. A goodway is to write with your thumbs using the messaging keyboard. You can, forexample start writing a message using the keyboard, close the flip and continuewriting with either traditional or predictive text input. Note that predictive textinput is not available, when the flip is open.■ Writing text using the messaging keyboardWhen the flip is open, you can start to write a message or a note.For example, press Menu and select Messages, Text messages and Create message,see Writing and sending messages on page 63.Tip: To quickly start writing a message move the joystick to the left instandby mode.Or: Press any of the letter keys in standby mode (except the pause character p orthe wait character w) to open the Notes application, see Notes on page 142.The following functions are available when writing text, while the flip is open:• To insert a number, press any of the number keys. Pressing a number key instandby mode initiates a normal call procedure.• To switch between lower and upper-case letters, indicated by , oron the top left of the display, or to key in symbols, press either oron the keyboard. You can either press the shift key and the desired
