Nokia 2255 manual Text entry, Predictive text input, Traditional text input, Tips for writing text

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T e x t e n t r y

3. Text entry

You can enter text and numbers in two ways: traditional text input indicated

with , or predictive text input

indicated with .

Traditional text input

Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the second letter, etc. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and your device awaits the next entry.

To add a letter that is on the same key as the previous letter, scroll up or down (or wait for the cursor to appear), and enter the next letter.

Tips for writing text

Press 0 to enter a space and 1 to enter a full stop (.).

To move the cursor left or right, scroll left or right.

To delete the character to the left of the cursor, select Clear. To clear the screen, select and hold Clear.

To switch between letters and numbers, press and hold #.

To enter a number, press and hold the desired key.

To enter a special character, press and hold *, scroll to the character you want, and select Use.

In traditional text entry, you can also enter some punctuation marks and other special characters by pressing 1 repeatedly.

To switch between upper and lower case or between traditional and predictive text, press # repeatedly. The indicator at the top of the display shows which mode is active.

Predictive text input

Predictive text input allows you to write messages quickly using your keypad and the built-in dictionary. It is much faster than traditional text entry.

Activate or deactivate

To activate predictive text, at any text entry screen, select Options > Dictionary.

To revert to traditional text entry, select Options > Dictionary > Dictionary off.

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