Nokia 5300 User Guide - Page 22

Write text 4. Write text To enter text (for example, when writing messages), use traditional or predictive text input. When you write text, press and hold Options to toggle between traditional text input, indicated by , and predictive text input, indicated by . Not all languages are supported by predictive text input. The character cases are indicated by , , and . To change the character case, press #. To change from the letter to number mode, indicated by , press and hold #, and select Number mode. To change from the number to the letter mode, press and hold #. To set the writing language, select Options > Writing language. ■ Traditional text input Press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. The characters available depend on the selected writing language. If the next letter you want is located on the same key as the present one, wait until the cursor appears and enter the letter. The most common punctuation marks and special characters are available under the number key 1. ■ Predictive text input Predictive text input is based on a built-in dictionary to which you can also add new words. 1. Start writing a word using the keys, 2 to 9. Press each key only once for one letter. 2. When you finish writing the word and it is correct, to confirm it by adding a space, press 0. * If the word is not correct, press repeatedly, and select the word from the list. If the ? character is displayed after the word, the word you intended to write is not in the dictionary. To add the word to the dictionary, 22