Nokia 3310 - Traditional text input

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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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