Writing text, Using traditional text input, Using predictive text input – Nokia 3660 User Manual

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Messaging

Writing text

Tip! To set

predictive text input on or
off, press

twice quickly

when writing text.

You can key in text in two different ways, using the method traditionally used in mobile
phones or another method called predictive text input.

Using traditional text input

The indicator

is shown on the top right of the display when you are writing text

using traditional text input.

• Press a number key (

), repeatedly until the desired character appears. Note,

that there are more characters available for a number key than are printed on the key.

Icons:

and

indicate the

selected case.

means that the first letter
of the next word is written
in upper case, and all other
letters will automatically
be written in lower case.

indicates number

mode.

• To insert a number, press and hold the number key.

To switch between letter and number mode, press and hold

• If the next letter is located on the same key as the present one, wait until the cursor

appears (or press

to end the time-out period), and then key in the letter.

• If you make a mistake, press

to remove a character. Press and hold

to clear

more than one character.

• The most common punctuation marks are available under .

Press

repeatedly

to reach the desired punctuation mark.
Press

to open a list of special characters. Use the scroll key to move through the

list and press

Select

to select a character.

• To insert a space, press

. To move the cursor to the next line, press

three

times.

• To switch between upper and lower case, press

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.