2Press (do not enter a space). The underline disappears from the first part.

3Write the second part (jay).

Deleting characters

To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press .

To delete all characters in the message, press and hold .

Changing the method of text input

To toggle between predictive and traditional text

input modes, press several times until the icon that indicates the mode you want to use appears.

Tip: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all, you can deactivate it. (You can reactivate it later.) See ‘Deactivating predictive text input mode’ on page 57.

Changing letter case modes

To toggle between upper case and lower case

letter mode, press . If predictive text mode is active, if you don’t wait at least 1.5 seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be toggled between traditional and predictive.

Note: If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first letter of the first word that you enter will be upper case.

Entering numbers

To enter one or just a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key. To enter many numbers, change to

number entry mode ( ) and enter the numbers as usual.

To change to number entry mode, press and hold , OR, press Options, scroll to Insert number, then press Select.

Inserting special characters

To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press

and hold , OR press Options, scroll to Insert symbol,

then press Select. To quickly insert a period (.), press . To quickly insert double dashes (--) or three ellipses (...),

press a few times.

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Nokia 5170i manual Deleting characters, Changing the method of text input, Changing letter case modes