W r i t i n g t e x tCopyright © 2004 Nokia. All rights reserved. 15Writing compound wordsKey in the first part of the word andconfirm it by pressing . Writethe last part of the word and confirmthe word.■ Using traditional textinputPress a number key, to ,repeatedly until the desiredcharacter appears. Not all charactersavailable under a number key areprinted on the key. The charactersavailable depend on the languageselected in the Phone languagemenu, see ”Phone settings” on page44.• If the next letter that you want islocated on the same key as thepresent one, wait until the cursorappears, or press any of the scrollkeys and then key in the letter.• The most common punctuationmarks and special characters areavailable under the number key.■ Tips for writing text• To insert a space, press .• To insert a number while in lettermode, press and hold the desirednumber key.• Move the cursor to the left, right,down or up with the scroll keys.• To delete a character to the leftof the cursor, press Clear. Pressand hold Clear to delete thecharacters more quickly.To delete all the characters atonce when writing a message,select the option Clear text.• To insert a special characterwhen using the traditional textinput, press .To insert a special characterwhen using the predictive textinput, press and hold , orselect the option Insert symbol.