Nokia N-3100 Text entry, Standard Mode, You can use two methods for entering text and numbers

Text entry

7 Text entry

You can use two methods for entering text and numbers.

•Standard mode is the only way to enter names into Contacts, enter a welcome note, and to rename caller groups.

•Predictive text input is a quick and easy method for writing messages.

Press the Pound key to switch predictive text on or off and to use predictive text in various modes. As you press the Pound key, the following icons (not the descriptions) appear in the upper left of the display:

Icon

What it means

Uppercase text. Predictive text is Off.

Lowercase text. Predictive text is Off.

Sentence case text. Predictive text is Off.

Sentence case text. Predictive text is On.

Lowercase text. Predictive text is On.

•STANDARD MODE

•Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the second letter, etc. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and your phone awaits the next entry.

•Select Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character.

•Select and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete characters.

•Press the 0 key to enter a space and accept a completed word.

•Press the 1 key to enter a period.

•Press the Star key to display special characters. See “Enter punctuation and special characters” on page 25.

To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press and hold the Pound key at any message entry screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the display switches from Abc to 123 (or vice versa).

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