Predictive text input—Predictive text
You can enter any letter with a single key press. Predictive
text input is based on a built-in dictionary to which you
can also add new words. When the dictionary becomes full,
the latest added word replaces the oldest.
1 To activate predictive text
input, press the edit key,
and select
Predictive text
on
. This activates predictive
text input for all editors in
the phone.
is shown
on the top right of the
display when you write
text using predictive
text input.
2 To write the desired word, press the keys 2–9. Press
each key only once for one letter. For example, to write
“Nokia” when the English dictionary is selected, press 6
for N, 6 for o, 5 for k, 4 for i, and 2 for a.
The word suggestion changes after each key press.
3 When you finish writing the word and it is correct, to
confirm it, scroll right or press 0 to add a space.
If the word is not correct, press * repeatedly to view the
matching words the dictionary has found one by one; or
press the edit key, and select
Predictive text
>
Matches
.
If the ? character is shown after the word, the word
you intended to write is not in the dictionary. To add a
word to the dictionary, select
Spell
, enter the word (up
to 32 letters) using traditional text input, and select
OK
. The word is added to the dictionary. When the
dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest
added word.
4 Start writing the next word.
To set predictive text input on or off, press # twice quickly.
Tips on predictive text input
To erase a character, press the clear key. Press and hold the
clear key to clear more than one character.
To change between the different character cases Abc, abc,
and ABC, press #. If you press # quickly twice, predictive
text input is turned off.
Tip! Predictive text input tries to guess which
commonly used punctuation mark (.,?!‘) is needed.
The order and availability of the punctuation
marks depend on the language of the dictionary.
To insert a number in letter mode, press and hold the
desired number key.
To switch between letter and number mode, press and
hold #.
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The most common punctuation marks are available under
1. Press 1 and then * repeatedly to search for the desired
punctuation mark.
Press and hold * to open a list of special characters.
Press * repeatedly to view the matching words the
dictionary has found one by one.
Press the edit key, select
Predictive text
, and scroll right
to select one of the following options:
Matches
—To view a list of words that correspond to your
key presses.
Insert word
—To add a word (up to 32 letters) to the
dictionary by using traditional text input. When the
dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest
added word.
Edit word
—To edit the word using traditional text input.
This is available if the word is active (underlined).
Tip! When you press the edit key, the following
options appear (depending on the editing mode):
Predictive text
(predictive text input),
Alpha
mode
(traditional text input),
Number mode
,
Cut
(if text has been selected),
Copy
(if text has been
selected),
Paste
(when text has been cut or copied
first),
Insert number
,
Insert symbol
, and
Writing
language:
(changes the input language for all
editors in the phone).
Write compound words
Write the first half of a compound word; to confirm it,
scroll right. Write the last part of the compound word.
To complete the compound word, press 0 to add a space.
Turn predictive text input off
Press the edit key, and select
Predictive text
>
Off
to turn
predictive text input off for all editors in the phone.