Nokia 5530 User Guide - Page 47

Write text, Automatic input modes, On-screen keyboard

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Write text ● Add from Contacts - Copy a contact from the list of contacts to the fixed dialling list. To send text messages to the SIM contacts while the fixed dialling service is active, you need to add the text message centre number to the fixed dialling list. 6. Write text You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters in several different ways. The on-screen keyboard allows you to enter characters by tapping them with your fingers or the stylus. Handwriting recognition allows you to write characters directly onto the screen using the stylus as a pen. Handwriting recognition may not be available for all languages. Tap any text input field to enter letters, numbers, and special characters. Your device can complete words based on the built-in dictionary for the selected text input language. The device also learns new words from your input. Automatic input modes When the sensors and display rotation in your device are activated, the input mode is automatically switched to on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and to alphanumeric keypad in portrait mode. If you have selected handwriting recognition as the text input mode, the automatic input mode switching does not function. To activate the sensors and display rotation, do the following: 1. Select Menu > Settings and Phone > Sensor settings > Sensors > On. 2. Select Turning control > Auto-rotate display. On-screen keyboard You can use the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode. © 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved. 47

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Add from Contacts
— Copy a contact from the list of contacts to the fixed dialling
list.
To send text messages to the SIM contacts while the fixed dialling service is active,
you need to add the text message centre number to the fixed dialling list.
6.
Write text
You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters in several different ways. The
on-screen keyboard allows you to enter characters by tapping them with your
fingers or the stylus. Handwriting recognition allows you to write characters directly
onto the screen using the stylus as a pen. Handwriting recognition may not be
available for all languages.
Tap any text input field to enter letters, numbers, and special characters.
Your device can complete words based on the built-in dictionary for the selected
text input language. The device also learns new words from your input.
Automatic input modes
When the sensors and display rotation in your device are activated, the input mode
is automatically switched to on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and to
alphanumeric keypad in portrait mode. If you have selected handwriting
recognition as the text input mode, the automatic input mode switching does not
function.
To activate the sensors and display rotation, do the following:
1.
Select
Menu
>
Settings
and
Phone
>
Sensor settings
>
Sensors
>
On
.
2.
Select
Turning control
>
Auto-rotate display
.
On-screen keyboard
You can use the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode.
Write text
© 2009 Nokia. All rights reserved.
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