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To activate predictive text 
input, press 
, and 
select 
Dictionary on
. This 
activates predictive text 
input for all editors in the 
phone. 
 is shown on 
the top right of the display 
when you write text using 
predictive text input.
2
To write the desired word, 
press the keys 
. Press each key only once for 
one letter. For example, to write ‘Nokia’ when the 
English dictionary is selected, press 
 for N, 
 for 
o, 
 for k, 
 for i, and 
 for a.
The word suggestion changes after each key press.
3
When you finish writing the word and it is correct, to 
confirm it, press 
, or press 
 to add a space.
If the word is not correct, press 
 repeatedly to view 
the matching words the dictionary has found one by 
one, or press 
, and select 
Dictionary
 > 
Matches
.
If the ? character is shown after the word, the word you 
intended to write 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 becomes full, a 
new word replaces the oldest added word.
4
Start writing the next word.
 Tip! To set predictive text input on or off, press 
 
twice quickly.
Tips on predictive text input
To erase a character, press 
. Press and hold 
 to clear 
more than one character.
To change between the different character modes, press 
. If you press 
 quickly twice, predictive text input 
is turned off.
 Tip! Predictive text input tries to guess which 
commonly used punctuation mark (.,?!‘) is needed. The 
order and availability of the punctuation marks depend 
on the language of the dictionary.
To insert a number in letter mode, press and hold the 
desired number key.
To switch between letter and number mode, press and 
hold .
The most common punctuation marks are available under 
. Press 
 and then 
 repeatedly to search for the 
desired punctuation mark.
Press and hold 
 to open a list of special characters.
Press 
 repeatedly to view the matching words the 
dictionary has found one by one.
Press , 
select 
Dictionary
, and press 
 to select one 
of the following options: