Nokia 6800 - Manual (Page 34)

Nokia 6800 User Guide 27 Copyright © Nokia 2003
Writing text
• To open a set of punctuation marks, accented characters, and symbols, press
the character key
l . Scroll through the set by moving the joystick and press
Insert to select a character.
• To type other accented characters (such as á in French, or Ñ in Spanish) not
shown in the list of special characters under
l , press and hold l and, at the
same time, press a repeatedly until the desired accented variant of a appears
on the display.
Changing the language input
See “Language” on page 60 for more details.
• KEYPAD
You can write using predictive or traditional text input with the keypad when the
flip is closed. When you are writing text, the predictive text input is indicated by
and the traditional text input by on the top left of the display. You can
change the character case, indicated by , or by pressing p .
The number mode is indicated by , and you can switch between the letter and
number modes by pressing and holding p .
Lock and unlock the keypad
When the keypad is locked, this icon appears on top of the display. You can only
lock the keypad when the flip is closed. If you open the flip, the keypad will unlock.
• To lock, press Menu and then press s .
• To unlock, press Menu and then s again.
Important: You can still call 911, even with the keypad locked. Please note
that even when the keypad lock is activated, the phone content (except
Java applications like e-mail) can be read using Nokia PC Suite when the
phone is attached to a computer using data cable.
If you want to require that a security code be entered to unlock the phone, you
must activate the security keyguard feature (see “Security keyguard” on page 60).
Turning predictive text on or off
When writing text, select Options > Predictive text.
• To set the predictive text input on, select a language in the dictionary options
list. Predictive text input is only available for the languages on the list.
• To revert to traditional text input, select Prediction off. (See “Traditional text
input” on page 28.)
Tip: To quickly turn the predictive text input on or off when writing
text, press
p twice, or press and hold Options.