■ Predictive text mode
Much faster than the standard mode method, predictive text input enables you to 
write messages quickly using your keypad and the built-in dictionary. In predictive 
text mode, your phone predicts the words as you enter them.
T e x t e n t r y
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Activate or deactivate
1. At any text entry screen, select
Options
>
Dictionary on
to activate or
Dictionary off
to deactivate.
2. If you are turning predictive text on, select the language of your choice.
Text entry
The following illustration shows your text entry of the word Nokia in predictive 
text mode. With the English dictionary selected, press each of the following 
number keys once, and the screen will display Nokia by predicting the 
appropriate letter to use based on your keypad entry:
6 6
5
4
2
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Press 0 to enter a space, and begin writing the next word.
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If a displayed word is not correct, press * to see other matches. To return to 
the previous word in the list of matches, select 
Prev.
•
If ? appears after a word, select
Spell
to add the word to the dictionary.
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Press 1 to insert a period into your message.
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Press and hold * to display special characters. Press * again to cycle through 
all available characters.