Predictive text input
With predictive input, you can enter any letter with
a single keypress. Predictive text input is based on
a built-in dictionary to which you can add new
words.
1.
To activate predictive text input for all editors in
the device, press , and select
Activate
predictive text
.
2.
To write the desired word, press the keys 2–9.
Press each key only once for one letter. For
example, to write "Nokia" when the English
dictionary is selected, press 6 for N, 6 for o, 5 for
k, 4 for i, and 2 for a.
The word suggestion changes after each
keypress.
3.
When you finish writing the word correctly,
scroll right to confirm it, or press 0 to add a
space.
If the word is not correct, press * repeatedly to
view the matching words the dictionary has
108
Messaging
found one by one, or press , and select
Predictive text
>
Matches
.
If the ? character is shown after the word, the
word is not in the dictionary. To add a word to
the dictionary, select
Spell
, enter the word using
traditional text input, and select
OK
. The word is
added to the dictionary. When the dictionary is
full, a new word replaces the oldest added word.
4.
Start writing the next word.
To turn predictive text input off for all editors in the
device, press , and select
Predictive text
>
Off
.