Nokia 8260 - Notes about predictive text input

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Notes about predictive text input

To insert a symbol, press and hold

. The symbol screen appears,

showing the following characters:

. , @ ? ! : ; - + # * ( ) ‘ “ _ & $ % / < > =

Scroll to the symbol you want and press Insert.

When you’ve finished writing, make sure the underlined word is the
word you intended to write.

If the word is correct

• Insert a punctuation mark, if needed.

• Press

to confirm the change and enter a space.

• Start writing the next word.

If the word is not correct

• Press

repeatedly until the desired word appears, then press

to confirm it.

OR

• Press Options, scroll to Matches, then press OK.

Scroll to the correct word and press Use.

• Start writing the next word.

Add a desired word to the match list

If the ? character appears after a word, the word you intended to write is
not in the dictionary. You can add the word to the dictionary.

1

Press

repeatedly

until

Spell appears in place of Options.

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Send and receive text messages

2

Press Spell and enter the word(s) using standard text input.

3

Press OK to save the word(s).

Insert numbers

1

To add a number to the message, press and hold

until

appears. You can also press Options and scroll to Insert number.

2

Enter the desired numbers, then press and hold

to return to ABC

mode.

Insert symbols

1

To put a symbol in the message, press and hold

until the symbol

screen appears (or press Options and scroll to Insert symbol).

2

Select the desired symbol (use the scroll keys to move the selection)
and press Insert.

Write compound words

1

Write the first part of the word and press

to accept it.

Then press Clear once to remove the space.

2

Write the last part of the compound word and press

to enter the

word in memory.