Nokia N96 manual Write text, Traditional text input, Predictive text input, Tips on text input

Write text

Your device supports traditional text input and predictive text input. With predictive text, you can

enter any letter with a single keypress. Predictive text
input is based on a built-in dictionary to which you can
add new words.
When you write text,	is displayed when you write
text using traditional text input and		when using
predictive text input.

Traditional text input

Press a number key (1–9) repeatedly until the desired character appears. There are more characters available for a number key than are printed on the key.

If the next letter is located on the same key as the present one, wait until the cursor appears (or scroll right to end the time-out period), and enter the letter. To insert a space, press 0. To move the cursor to the next line, press 0 three times.

Predictive text input

With predictive input, you can enter any letter with a single keypress. Predictive text input is based on a built-in dictionary to which you can add new words.

1.To turn predictive text input on or off in the general settings, press , and select Tools > Settings >

General > Personalisation > Language > Predictive text.

2.To write the desired word, press the keys 2–9. Press each key only once for one letter. For example, to write "Nokia" when the English dictionary is selected, press 6 for N, 6 for o, 5 for k, 4 for i, and 2 for a.

The word suggestion changes after each keypress.

3.When you finish writing the word correctly, scroll right to confirm it, or press 0 to add a space.

If the word is not correct, press * repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has found one by one.

If the ? character is shown after the word, the word is not in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, select Spell, enter the word using traditional text input, and select OK. The word is added to the dictionary. When the dictionary is full, a new word replaces the oldest added word.

4.Start writing the next word.

Tips on text input

To insert a number in the letter mode, press and hold the desired number key.

To switch between the different character modes, press #.

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