Nokia 6255 - Manual (Page 25)

T e x t e n t r y
15
Punctuation and special
characters
While at any text entry screen, press
the * key to display special characters
(press and hold the * key if predictive
text is on). Press the * key again to
cycle through all available characters.
You can navigate through the list of
special characters by using the
Five-way scroll key. Once a character
is highlighted, press
Use to insert the
character into your message.
■ Predictive text input
Predictive text input allows you to
write messages quickly using your
keypad and the built-in dictionary. It
is much faster than the standard mode
method, because for each letter, you
only press the corresponding key on
your keypad once.
When you use Dictionary on , as you
press the # key, the following icons
(not the descriptions) appear in the
upper left of the display screen:
Uppercase text:
predictive text is on
Lowercase text:
predictive text is on
Activate/deactivate
At any text entry screen, press and hold
Options . Predictive text is turned on and
off, depending on its previous mode.
OR
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options > Dictionary .
2. Scroll to the language of your
choice, and press Select .
Text entry
The illustration below simulates your
display each time a key is pressed.
For example, to write Nokia with
predictive text on and with the
English dictionary selected, press
each of the following keys once:
the 6 key the 6 key the 5 key the 4 key the 2 key
• Press the 0 key to enter a space,
and begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not correct,
press the * key to see other
matches. To return to the
previous word in the list of
matches, press
Prev. .
• If ? appears after a word, press
Spell to add the word to the
dictionary.
• Press the 1 key to insert a period
into your message.
• Press and hold the * key to display
special characters. Press the * key
again to cycle through all
available characters.
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