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Keys and tools for predictive text input – Nokia 8260 User Manual

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Send and receive text messages

T9 dictionary activated appears. ("T9" is the technical name for
predictive text input.) This means you can use predictive text input to
enter messages.

The T9 icon is also visible in the text message window when
the feature is activated.

Keys and tools for predictive text input

Key

Purpose

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Use for word entry. Press each key only once for each
letter.

Press to view the next matching word if the underlined
word is not the word you intended. To change the
underlined word, press

repeatedly until the word

you want appears. Press and hold to insert a special
character or punctuation.

Spell

If the dictionary sees a word it doesn’t recognize, you see
Spell above the left selection key. Press Spell, enter the
word you want to enter, and press OK.

Press once to accept a word and add a space.

Press once quickly to switch the character case.

indicates uppercase.

indicates lowercase.

Press and hold to enter a number.

indicates 123

mode. Press and hold again to write text letters.

Clear

Press once to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
Press and hold to delete all text.

Press once to add a period.

Maximum number of characters available. The character
counter appears in the top right corner of the display
and counts down for each character added.

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