Punctuation And Special Characters; Predictive Text Input - Nokia 6012 User Manual

Text entry
Numbers (123)
To switch to 123 mode from Abc mode, press and hold the # key at any message entry
screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the display switches from Abc to 123 (or
vice versa).

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 Four-
way scroll key. Once a character is highlighted, press Insert 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 the standard mode method, because for each letter,
you only press the corresponding key on your keypad once.
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 > Predictive text.
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.
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