Nokia 3205 - Manual (Page 25)

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