[ 65 ]Send and receive text messagesChange the text input methodTo switch (toggle) between predictive and traditional text input modeswhile you are editing a message, press the Pound key several timesuntil the icon indicates the mode you want to use. You must activatepredictive text before you will be able to toggle between the two modes.Tip: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all,deactivate it. You can reactivate it later.• WORKING WITH PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUTThe predictive text feature is based on a built-in dictionary to which youcan add words. Your phone includes several different language versions ofthis dictionary. Although your phone can display a given language on thescreen, it may not have a predictive-text dictionary of that same language.By default, your phone is set in the traditional text input mode. Before youcan use the predictive text input method, you must first activate thepredictive text mode.Activate predictive text modePredictive text mode is active when the predictive text icon ( ) ispresent at the top of the screen. If the icon does not appear, predictivetext mode has been deactivated.To activate the predictive text mode while editing a message:1 Press Options.2 Scroll to Predictive text.3 Press Select.4 Scroll until the language you want appears, then press OK.Deactivate predictive text modeTo return to the traditional text input mode, you must deactivate thepredictive text input mode:1 While editing a message, press Options.2 Scroll to Predictive text. The language list displays.
