Traditional text input
Traditional text input is commonly used in mobile phones. In this input method,
you press a key repeatedly until the desired character appears.
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When you want to use traditional text input, check that
is shown at the top of
the display.
1. When writing text, press a number key (
to
) marked with the desired
character repeatedly until the character appears.
The available characters depend on the language selected for display texts (see
"Language" on page
82
).
Note that all available characters are not printed on the keys.
2. You can use the following functions to edit the text:
• To add a space, press
.
• To add a punctuation mark or special character, press
repeatedly.
Alternatively: Press
, scroll to the desired character, and press
(
Use
).
• To move the cursor left or right, press
or
, respectively.
• To remove the character to the left, press
.
• To clear the screen, press and hold
.
• To switch between upper and lower case, press
quickly.
• To add a number, press and hold the key labelled with the desired number.
To switch between letters and numbers, press and hold
. 123 is shown
when numbers can be entered.
• To key in a character which is under the same key as the previous one, press
or
(or wait for one second) and key in the new character.
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