Punctuation And Special Characters; Predictive Text Mode; Enter Text - Nokia 2855 User Manual

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Punctuation and special characters

While at any text entry screen, press * to display special characters (press and hold *
if predictive text is on). Press * again to cycle through all available characters. Scroll
to navigate through the list of special characters. Once a character is highlighted,
select Insert to insert the character into your message.

■ Predictive text mode

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.
Activate and deactivate
Activate and deactivate
At any text entry screen, select and hold
depending on previous mode, or select
Prediction off. Press # twice to change from predictive text mode to standard
mode and back.

Enter text

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:
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• Press 0 to enter a space and begin writing the next word.
• If a displayed word is not correct, press * to see other matches. To return to
the previous word in the list of matches, select
• If ? appears after a word, it is not in the dictionary. Select
word to the dictionary.
• Press 1 to insert a period into your message.
• Press and hold * to display special characters. Press * again to cycle through
all available characters.
• Press and hold the specific number key to enter a number.
• Press and hold # to open
on or Prediction
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Options
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Editor settings, and select
off, and Writing language.
Options to turn predictive text on or off
> Predictive text
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Prev.
Number
> Prediction on or
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Spell to add the
mode, Prediction