Nokia N90 User Guide - Page 65

Messaging 1 To activate predictive text input, press , and select Dictionary on. This activates predictive text input for all editors in the phone. is shown on the top right of the display when you write text using predictive text input. 2 To write the desired word, press the keys - . Press each key only once for one letter. For example, to write 'Nokia' when the English dictionary is selected, press for N, for o, for k, for i, and for a. The word suggestion changes after each key press. 3 When you finish writing the word and it is correct, to confirm it, press , or press to add a space. If the word is not correct, press repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has found one by one, or press , and select Dictionary > Matches. If the ? character is shown after the word, the word you intended to write 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 becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest added word. 4 Start writing the next word. Tip! To set predictive text input on or off, press twice quickly. Tips on predictive text input To erase a character, press . Press and hold to clear more than one character. To change between the different character modes, press . If you press quickly twice, predictive text input is turned off. Tip! Predictive text input tries to guess which commonly used punctuation mark (.,?!') is needed. The order and availability of the punctuation marks depend on the language of the dictionary. To insert a number in letter mode, press and hold the desired number key. To switch between letter and number mode, press and hold . The most common punctuation marks are available under . Press and then repeatedly to search for the desired punctuation mark. Press and hold to open a list of special characters. Press repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has found one by one. Press , select Dictionary, and press to select one of the following options: 65 Copyright © 2005 Nokia. All rights reserved.