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4. Write text
You can enter text, for example, when writing messages, using
traditional or predictive text input. When using tradional text input,
press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character
appears. In predictive text input you can enter a letter with a single key
press.
When you write text, appears at the top left of the display,
indicating predictive text input, and appears, indicating traditional
text input. , , or appears next to the text input indicator,
indicating the character case. To change the character case, press #.
indicates number mode. To change from the letter to number
mode, press and hold #, and select Number mode.

■Settings

To set the writing language while writing text, select Options> Writing
language.
When writing text, select Options> Prediction settings.
• To set predictive text input on, select Prediction> On.
To revert to traditional text input, select Prediction> Off.
• To select the prediction type, select Prediction type> Normal or
Word suggestions. If you select Normal, the phone tries to predict the
word on the basis of the characters you have entered. If you select
Word suggestions, the phone tries to predict and complete the word
even before you have entered all the characters.
Tip: To quickly set predictive text input on or off when writing
text, press # twice, or select and hold Options.

■Predictive text input

Predictive text input allows you to write text quickly using the phone
keypad and a built-in dictionary.