Nokia 3125 manual Text entry, Standard mode, Text Abc, Numbers, Punctuation and special characters

T e x t e n t r y

3. Text entry

You can use two methods for entering text and numbers:

•Standard mode is the only way to enter text into the contacts list or rename caller groups.

•Dictionary mode is a quick and easy method for writing messages, creating a calendar note, or making a to-do list.

This phone also supports entering text in Hindi. You can compose and send messages in the Hindi language, when the phone language selected is Hindi. Please refer to the Hindi version of this user guide for more details.

■Standard mode

Text (Abc)

•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 phone awaits the next entry.

•Press the 0 key to enter a space, thereby accepting a completed word.

•Press the 1 key to enter a period

(.).

•Press the * key to display special characters.

•Press the * key twice to display smiley face characters.

•Press and hold the # key to bring up the Editor settings (Number mode, Dictionary on/Dictionary off, Writing language).

Numbers (123)

To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press the # key at any message entry screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the display switches from Abc to 123 (or vice versa). Press and hold the # key to bring up the Editor settings.

•Press Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character

•Press and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete characters

Punctuation and special characters

While at any text entry screen, press the * key to display special characters (press and hold the * key if the dictionary is on). You can navigate through the list of special characters by using the Four-way scroll key. Once a character is highlighted, press Insert to insert the character into your message.

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