Nokia 8290 - Manual (Page 86)

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Text messages++
Select a language and turn on predictive text input
1 Press Menu, then press Select.
2 Scroll to Write messages, then press Select.
3 Press Options, scroll to Dictionary, then press OK.
4 Scroll to the language you want, then press OK.
T9 dictionary activated appears.
Turn off predictive text input
• To switch from predictive text input to traditional text input, repeat
steps 1 through 3 above, then select Dictionary off.
OR
• While writing the message, press to switch between predictive
text input and standard text input.
Write with predictive text input
1 Press each key once for each letter.
For example, to write “hello” press
, , , , .
• Do not pay attention to the word
on the screen until you have
finished writing the word.
• Refer to the character counter in the top right of the screen.
The counter shows how many characters are available.
• Press Clear to delete a character.
• Press to change the character case.
• Press and hold the respective number key to insert a number.
• Press to insert a punctuation mark. If it is not correct, press
repeatedly to find the desired punctuation mark.