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Text and messages, Write text, Text modes – Nokia 3720 User Manual

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agreed upon with your service provider,

select

Set by network

.

Outgoing call line — Select the phone

line for making calls, if your SIM card

supports multiple phone lines (network

service).

Text and messages

Write text, and create messages and

notes.

Write text

Text modes

To enter text (for example, when writing

messages) you can use traditional or

predictive text input.
When you write text, press and hold

Options

to switch between traditional

text input, indicated by

, and

predictive text input, indicated by

.

Not all languages are supported by

predictive text input.
The character cases are indicated by

,

, and

.

To change the character case, press #. To

change from the letter to number mode,

indicated by

, press and hold #, and

select

Number mode

. To change from the

number to the letter mode, press and hold

#.
To set the writing language, select

Options

>

Writing language

.

Traditional text input

Press a number key, 2-9, repeatedly until

the desired character appears. The

available characters depend on the

selected writing language.

If the next letter you want is located on

the same key as the present one, wait until

the cursor appears, and enter the letter.
To access the most common punctuation

marks and special characters, press 1

repeatedly. To access the list of special

characters, press *. To insert a space, press

0.

Predictive text input

Predictive text input is based on a built-in

dictionary to which you can also add new

words.
1 Start writing a word, using the keys

2 to 9. Press each key only once for

one letter.

2 To confirm a word, scroll right or add

a space.

If the word is not correct, press *

repeatedly, and select the word

from the list.

If the ? character is displayed after

the word, the word you intended

to write is not in the dictionary.

To add the word to the dictionary,

select

Spell

. Enter the word using

traditional text input, and select

Save

.

To write compound words, enter

the first part of the word, and

scroll right to confirm it. Write the

last part of the word, and confirm

the word.

3 Start writing the next word.

Text and multimedia messages

You can create a message and optionally

attach, for example, a picture. Your phone

automatically changes a text message to

a multimedia message when a file is

attached.

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