Activate/deactivate
At any text entry screen, press and hold Options. Predictive text is turned on and off, depending on its previous mode.
OR
1At any text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text.
2Scroll to the language of your choice or Prediction off and press Select.
Text entry
The illustration below simulates your display each time a key is pressed. For example, to write Nokia with predictive text on and with the English dictionary selected, press each of the following keys once:
the 6 key | the 6 key | the 5 key the 4 key the 2 key |
•Press the 0 key to enter a space and begin writing the next word.
•If a displayed word is not correct, press the * key to see other matches. To return to the previous word in the list of matches, press Previous.
•If ? appears after a word, press Spell to add the word to the dictionary.
•Press the 1 key to insert a period into your message.
•Press and hold the * key to display special characters. Press the * key again to cycle through all available characters.
•Press the # key to switch predictive text on or off and to use predictive text in various modes. As you press the # key, the following icons (not the descriptions) appear in the upper left of the start screen:
Uppercase text: standard mode is On.
Lowercase text: standard mode is On.
Sentence case text: standard mode is On.
Sentence case text: predictive text is On.
Lowercase text: predictive text is On.
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