Nokia 3100b - Manual (Page 32)

Nokia 3100 User Guide 25 Copyright © 2003 Nokia
• PREDICTIVE TEXT
Predictive text input allows you to write messages quickly using your keypad and
the built-in phone dictionary. It is much faster than using the standard mode
“multi-tap” method. You can use predictive text to write a message and create a
calendar note.
When predictive text is on, the icon appears in the upper left corner of the
display. When predictive text is off, the icon appears in the upper left corner
of the display.
Activate predictive text
1 At any text entry screen, select and hold Options.
OR
At a text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text.
2 Select the language of your choice.
Enter text
• For each letter of the word that you want to spell, press the corresponding key
on your keypad only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on
the key. The phone “guesses” the word you are trying to spell.
• If a displayed word is not correct, press the Star key to see other matches. To
move forward through a list of matches, keep pressing the Star key. To return
to the previous word in the list of matches, select Previous.
• Press the 0 key to accept the word, enter a space, and begin writing the next
word.
• If ? appears after a word, select Spell to add the word to the dictionary. See
“Add new words to the dictionary” on page 25.
• Press the 1 key to insert a period into your message.
• Press and hold the Star key to display special characters. See “Enter
punctuation and special characters” on page 26.
Compound words
Enter the first part of the word and confirm it by pressing the Scroll right key. Enter
the last part of the word and confirm it by pressing the 0 key.
Add new words to the dictionary
If you encounter a word that predictive text does not recognize, a question mark
(?) follows the word and Spell appears in the lower left of the display.
Select Spell, enter your new word using the keypad, and select Save. The word is
added to the dictionary and to the message that you are writing.