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Text entry

5 Text entry

Warning: Do not switch on the phone when wireless phone use is prohibited or when it may cause interference or danger.

You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters from the phone’s keypad when you use the phone book, calendar, and text messaging or while you browse the Internet. There are two text entry methods: traditional text entry and predictive text input.

You have four modes available for entering information, based on the type of data you’re entering (phone book, organizer notes or text messages):

Mode

The phone shows

Use for

 

 

 

ABC

 

 

 

sentence or title case (first letter

Entering contacts, numbers or

 

uppercase)

addresses in phone book

 

all uppercase letters

Entering notes in Calendar

 

all lowercase letters

Writing a text message

 

 

 

123

number entry.

Entering numbers

 

 

 

Special

special characters list

Entering punctuation or

characters

 

special characters

 

 

 

Predictive text

in combination with ABC mode

Writing SMS text messages or

 

indicators.

calendar notes

 

 

 

• WRITE WITH ABC AND 123 MODES

A status indicator in the upper left corner of your screen shows what mode you are using to enter information into your phone (phone book, calendar, or text messaging). The following table lists the characters you can use enter text and numbers from your keypad:

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

1

. , ‘?!”1

7

 

P Q R S 7

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

2

A B C 2

8

 

T U V 8

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

3

D E F 3

9

 

W X Y Z 9

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

4

G H I 4

0

 

Space, 0, return

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

5

J K L 5

*/+

 

Special characters menu

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

6

M N O 6

#

 

Changes letter case or mode.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

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Nokia 3586I manual Text entry, Write with ABC and 123 Modes, Mode Phone shows Use for, Key Characters