Using predictive text input, Messaging – Nokia 3650 User Manual

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Messaging

Using predictive text input

To activate predictive text input, press

and select

Dictionary on

. This will activate

predictive text input for all editors in the phone. The

indicator is shown at the top

of the display.

1 Write the desired word by pressing the keys

. Press each key only once for

one letter. The word changes after every key press.

Note: Do not pay attention to what appears on the display. The word match is
evolving, wait until you have keyed in the whole word before you check the
result.

For example, to write ‘Nokia’ when English dictionary is selected, press

for N,

for o,

for k,

for i, and

for a.

As you can see in Fig.

, p.

, the word suggestion changes after each key press.

2 When you have finished the word, check that it is correct.

• If the word is correct, you can confirm it by pressing

or by pressing

insert a space. The underlining disappears and you can begin to write a new word.

• If the word is not correct, you have the following options:

• Press

repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has found one

by one.

• Press

and

select

Dictionary

→

Matches

to view a list of matching words.

Scroll to the word you want to use and press

to select it.

• 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, press

Spell

, key in the word (max.

32 letters) using traditional text input, and press

Save

. The word is added to the

dictionary. When the dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest added
word.

• To remove the ? and clear characters one by one from the word, press

Fig. 1 Predictive text
input