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 and the case of letters
Press 
repeatedly to change the method of text input
(traditional 
or predictive 
) and the case of letters that
you enter (sentence case Abc , upper case 
, or lower case
. The phone cycles through the following modes:
•Predictive text input, sentence case:
• Predictive text input, lower case:
•Traditional text input, upper case: 
•Traditional text input, lower case: 
Tip: If you don’t want to use predictive text input mode at all, you may want to deactivate it. (You can reactivate it later.) See ‘Deactivating predictive text input mode’ on page 55. This will keep you from having to cycle through all four modes.
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, Insert number.
Inserting special characters
To insert a special character (such as a punctuation mark), press
and hold 
, OR press Options, Insert symbol. To quickly
insert a period (.), press 
. To quickly insert double dashes
a few times.
Adding a new word to the dictionary
If the ? character appears after the word, press Spell. (OR, at any time while editing, press Options, Insert word.) Enter the word using traditional text input, and press OK. If the dictionary is full, the new word replaces the oldest added word.
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