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4 Text entry

You can use two methods for entering text and numbers.

• Traditional text entry

Traditional text entry (predictive text off) is the only way to enter names into contacts

and to rename caller groups. In standard mode, the icon appears in the upper left

corner of the display.

Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the second letter, etc. If

you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and your phone awaits the

next entry.

To insert a name from the contacts list, select Options > Insert contact, and the

contact to insert.

• Predictive text entry

Predictive text entry (predictive text on) is a quick and easy method for writing

messages. When predictive text is on, the icon appears in the upper left corner

of the display.

Press # to switch between traditional text entry, predictive text entry, uppercase,

lowercase, and sentence case. The icons , , and appear in the upper left

of the display indicating uppercase, lowercase, and sentence case.

To switch to numeric entry, press and hold #; then select Number mode. To switch back

to text entry, press and hold #, and select Writing language.

Activate predictive text

At a text entry screen, select Options > Predictive text and the desired language.

The selection of a writing language does not affect the language used in the phone

menus, displays, and messages.

Enter text

• For each letter of the word that you want to spell, press the corresponding key on

your keypad only once, even if the letter you want is not the first letter on the key.

The phone guesses the word you are trying to spell.

• If a displayed word is not correct, press

repeatedly to see other matches.

• Press 0 to accept the word; then begin writing the next word.

• To insert a word, select Options > Insert word, write the word using traditional text

input, and Save. The word is added to your message and to the dictionary.

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Nokia 7270 User's Guide Page 27