Nokia 2116 - Manual (Page 23)

T e x t e n t r y
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■ Dictionary input
Dictionary input allows you to write
messages quickly using your keypad
and the built-in dictionary. It is
much faster than the standard mode
method, because for each letter, you
only press the corresponding key on
your keypad once.
Activate or deactivate
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options > Dictionary .
2. Select the language of your
choice.
The language setting affects the
time and date formats of the clock,
alarm clock, and calendar.
Text entry
This example describes text entry
using predictive text. To write the
word "Nokia" with the dictionary on
and with the English dictionary
selected, press each of the following
keys once. This illustration shows the
text displayed as you press each key:
Enter:
6 6 5 4 2
When using the dictionary:
• Press 0 to enter a space and
begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not correct,
press * to see other matches. To
return to the previous word in the
list of matches, select
Previous .
• If ? appears after a word, select
Spell to add the word to the
dictionary.
• Press 1 to insert a period into
your message.
• Press and hold * to display special
characters. Press * again to cycle
through all available characters.
• Press # to switch the dictionary
text on or off and to use the
dictionary in various modes. As
you press #, the following icons
(not the descriptions) appear in
the upper left of the display
screen:
Sentence case text:
dictionary is on.
Lowercase text:
dictionary is on.