Nokia 6230i User Guide - Page 25

4. Write text 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. 25