User Manual

Writing text
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Typing accented characters
The characters available depend on the language selected in the Phone
language menu, see Phone settings on page 90. To type accented
characters or symbols that are not printed on the keyboard, do one of
the following:
• To access a set of punctuation marks, accented characters and
symbols, press . Scroll through the character set by moving the
joystick and press Use to select the character.
• To type an accented character that is not included in the list of
special characters under , such as á, press and hold and
simultaneously press ’a’ repeatedly until the desired accented variant
of ’a’ appears on the display.
■ Writing text when the flip is closed
You can use predictive or traditional text input when the phone’s flip is
closed. During writing, predictive text input is indicated by and
traditional text input by on the top left of the display. You can
change the character case, indicated by , or by pressing
. The number mode is indicated by , and you can change
between letter and number modes by pressing and holding .
Setting predictive text input on or off
When writing text, press Options and select Dictionary.
• To set the predictive text input on, select a language from the
dictionary options list. Predictive text input is only available for the
languages on the list.
• To revert to traditional text input, select Dictionary off.
Tip: To quickly set the predictive text input on or off when
writing text, press twice, or press and hold Options.
Using predictive text input
You can key in any letter with a single keypress. Predictive text input is
based on a built-in dictionary to which you can also add new words.
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