Nokia 5700 User Guide - Page 29

Write text, Traditional text input, Predictive text input

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4. Write text When you write text, appears on the top right of the display, indicating predictive text input, or appears, indicating traditional text input. To set the predictive text input on or off when writing text, press *, and select Activate predictive text or Predictive text > Off. , , or is displayed next to the text input indicator, indicating the character case. To change the character case, press #. indicates the number mode. To change between letter and number mode, press # repeatedly until number mode is active; or press *, and select Number mode or Alpha mode. ■ Traditional text input Press a number key, 1 to 9, repeatedly until the desired character appears. Not all characters available under a number key are printed on the key. The availability of characters depends on the selected writing language. See Writing language in "Language," p. 73. If the next letter you want is on the same key as the present one, wait until the cursor appears (or scroll forward to end the time-out period), and enter the letter. To insert a number, press and hold the number key. The most common punctuation marks and special characters are available under the 1 key. For more characters, press and hold *. To erase a character, press the clear key. To erase more characters, press and hold the clear key. To insert a space, press 0. To move the cursor to the next line, press 0 three times. ■ Predictive text input To enter any letter with a single keypress, use predictive text input. To select the predictive text input, press *, and select Activate predictive text. This activates predictive text input for all editors in the phone. 1. To write the desired word, press the keys 2-9. Press each key only once for one letter. The word changes after every keypress. For the most common punctuation marks, press 1. For more punctuation marks and special characters, press and hold *. 29

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4.
Write text
When you write text,
appears on the top right of the display, indicating
predictive text input, or
appears, indicating traditional text input. To set the
predictive text input on or off when writing text, press
*
, and select
Activate
predictive text
or
Predictive text
>
Off
.
,
, or
is displayed next to the text input indicator, indicating
the character case. To change the character case, press
#
.
indicates the number mode. To change between letter and number mode,
press
#
repeatedly until number mode is active; or press
*
, and select
Number
mode
or
Alpha mode
.
Traditional text input
Press a number key,
1
to
9
, repeatedly until the desired character appears. Not all
characters available under a number key are printed on the key. The availability of
characters depends on the selected writing language. See
Writing language
in
“Language,” p. 73.
If the next letter you want is on the same key as the present one, wait until the
cursor appears (or scroll forward to end the time-out period), and enter the letter.
To insert a number, press and hold the number key.
The most common punctuation marks and special characters are available under
the
1
key. For more characters, press and hold
*
.
To erase a character, press the clear key. To erase more characters, press and hold
the clear
key.
To insert a space, press
0
. To move the cursor to the next line, press
0
three times.
Predictive text input
To enter any letter with a single keypress, use predictive text input. To select the
predictive text input, press
*
, and select
Activate predictive text
. This activates
predictive text input for all editors in the phone.
1.
To write the desired word, press the keys
2
9
. Press each key only once for one
letter. The word changes after every keypress.
For the most common punctuation marks, press
1
. For more punctuation marks
and special characters, press and hold
*
.