Nokia 3205i User Guide
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Copyright © 2004 Nokia
Text entry
Punctuation and special characters
While at any text entry screen, press
*
key to display special characters (press and
hold the
*
key if the dictionary is on). To navigate through the list of special characters,
use the
Four-way scroll
key. Once a character is highlighted, press
Insert
to insert
the character into your message.
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Dictionary mode
Dictionary input allows you to write messages quickly using your keypad and the
built-in dictionary. It is much faster than the standard mode method, because for
each letter, you only press the corresponding key on your keypad once.
Activate or deactivate
At any text entry screen, select
Options
>
Dictionary on/Dictionary off.
OR
Press and hold # key to bring up the editor settings menu and select
Dictionary on/
Dictionary off.
Text entry
The following illustration simulates your display each time a key is pressed. For
example, to write Nokia with the dictionary 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.
•
If a displayed word is not correct, press
*
to see other matches. To return to the
previous word in the list of matches, select
Previous
.
•
If
?
appears after a word, select
Spell
to add the word to the dictionary.
•
Press
1
to insert a period into your message.
•
Press and hold
*
to display special characters; then press
*
again to cycle through
all available characters, including smiley face characters.
Note:
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.
