Nokia 8290 Select a language and turn on predictive text input, Turn off predictive text input

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Select a language and turn on predictive text input

1Press Menu, then press Select.

2Scroll to Write messages, then press Select.

3Press Options, scroll to Dictionary, then press OK.

4Scroll to the language you want, then press OK. T9 dictionary activated appears.

Turn off predictive text input

•To switch from predictive text input to traditional text input, repeat steps 1 through 3 above, then select Dictionary off.

OR

•While writing the message, press to switch between predictive text input and standard text input.

Write with predictive text input

1Press each key once for each letter.

For example, to write “hello” press

, , , , .

•Do not pay attention to the word on the screen until you have

finished writing the word.

•Refer to the character counter in the top right of the screen. The counter shows how many characters are available.

•Press Clear to delete a character.

•Press to change the character case.

•Press and hold the respective number key to insert a number.

•Press to insert a punctuation mark. If it is not correct, press

repeatedly to find the desired punctuation mark.

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