Nokia 8270 Nokia 8270 User Guide in English - Page 78

Writing compound words, Deleting characters, Changing letter case modes, Entering numbers, Spell

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Send and receive text messages 5 If the ? character appears after the word, there are no more words in the dictionary that correspond to your key presses. At this point, you can add the word to the dictionary by pressing Spell. Writing compound words To write a compound word quickly (for example, bluejay): 1 Write the first part of the word (blue). 2 Press (do not enter a space). The underline disappears from the first part. 3 Write the second part of the word (jay). Deleting characters When you need to delete characters use one of these methods: • To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press Clear. • To delete all characters in the message, press and hold Clear. Changing letter case modes You can switch (toggle) between uppercase letter mode by pressing . and lowercase If the predictive text mode is active and you don't wait at least 1.5 seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switched between traditional and predictive text. If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first letter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase. Entering numbers When you enter numbers, use either of these methods: • For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key. • For many numbers, change to number entry mode (press and hold the Pound key ) and enter the numbers as usual. [ 67 ]

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Send and receive text messages
5
If the
?
character appears after the word, there are no more words in
the dictionary that correspond to your key presses. At this point, you
can add the word to the dictionary by pressing
Spell
.
Writing compound words
To write a compound word quickly (for example,
bluejay
):
1
Write the first part of the word (
blue
).
2
Press
(do not enter a space). The underline disappears from
the first part.
3
Write the second part of the word (
jay
).
Deleting characters
When you need to delete characters use one of these methods:
To delete one character to the left of the cursor, press
Clear
.
To delete all characters in the message, press and hold
Clear
.
Changing letter case modes
You can switch (toggle) between uppercase
and lowercase
letter mode by pressing
.
If the predictive text mode is active and you don’t wait at least 1.5
seconds between key presses, the text input mode will also be switched
between traditional and predictive text.
If predictive text mode is active when you create a new message, the first
letter of the first word that you enter will be uppercase.
Entering numbers
When you enter numbers, use either of these methods:
For one or a few numbers, press and hold the respective number key.
For many numbers, change to number entry mode
(press and hold
the Pound key
) and enter the numbers as usual.