Nokia 3620 - . Write text

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Messaging

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The most common punctuation marks are available under the 1 key.
Press the 1 key repeatedly to reach the desired punctuation mark.

•

Press the * key to open a list of special characters. Use the Scroll key
to move through the list, and press

OK

to select a character.

•

To insert a space, press the 0 key.

•

To move the cursor to the next line, press the 0 key three times.

•

To switch between upper and lower case, press the # key.

Use predictive text input

To set predictive text input on or off, press the # key twice quickly when
writing text.

To activate predictive text input, press

and select

Predictive text on

.

This will activate predictive text input for all editors in the phone. The

indicator is shown at the top of the display.

Write the desired word by pressing the 2–9 keys. Press each key only once
for one letter. The word changes after every key press.

Note: Do not pay attention to what appears on the display. The
word match is evolving. Wait until you have keyed in the whole
word before you check the result.

For example, to write ‘Nokia’ when English
dictionary is selected, press:

the 6 key for N

the 6 key for o

the 5 key for k

the 4 key for i

the 2 key for a

As you can see, the word suggestion changes
after each key press.

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When you have finished the word, check that it is correct.

•

If the word is correct, you can confirm it by pressing

or by

pressing the 0 key to insert a space. The underlining disappears and
you can begin to write a new word.

•

If the word is not correct, you have the following options:

•

Press the * key repeatedly to view the matching words the
dictionary has found one by one.

•

Press

and

select

Predictive text

→

Matches

to view a list of

matching words. Scroll to the word you want to use and press

to select it.

•

If the ? character is shown after the word, the word you intended to
write is not in the dictionary. To add a word to the dictionary, press

Spell

, key in the word (max. 32 letters) using traditional text input,

and press

Save

. The word is added to the dictionary. When the

dictionary becomes full, a new word replaces the oldest added word.

•

To remove the ? and clear characters one by one from the word,
press .

TIPS ON USING PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT
•

To erase a character, press

. Press and hold

to clear more than

one character.

•

To change between the different character cases Abc, abc, and ABC,
press the * key. Note that if you press the * key quickly twice the
predictive text input is turned off.

•

To insert a number in letter mode, press and hold the desired number
key, or press

and select

Insert number,

key in the numbers you

want, and press

OK

.

To switch between letter and number mode, press and hold the # key.

•

The most common punctuation marks are available under the 1 key.
Press the 1 key repeatedly to reach the desired punctuation mark.

•

Press and hold the * key to open a list of special characters. Use the
Scroll key to scroll through the list and press

OK

to select a character.

Or press

and select

Insert symbol

.

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Messaging

The predictive text input will try to guess which commonly used
punctuation mark (.,?!‘) is needed. The order and availability of the
punctuation marks depend on the language of the dictionary.

Press the * key repeatedly to view the matching words the dictionary has
found one by one.

You can also press

, select

Predictive text

and select:

•

Matches

—to view a list of words that correspond to your key presses.

Scroll to the desired word and press the

.

•

Insert word

—to add a word (max. 32 letters) to the dictionary by using

traditional text input. When the dictionary becomes full, a new word
replaces the oldest added word.

•

Edit word

—to open a view where you can edit the word, available only

if the word is active (underlined).

Write compound words
Write the first half of a compound word and confirm it by pressing

.

Write the last part of the compound word and complete the compound
word by pressing the 0 key to add a space.

Turn off predictive text

Press

and

select

Predictive text

→

Off

to turn predictive text input

off for all editors in the phone.

Editing options

When you press

, the following options appear (depending on the

editing mode and situation you are in):

•

Predictive text

(predictive text input),

Alpha mode

(traditional text

input), or

Number mode

.

•

Cut

,

Copy

—available only if text has been selected first.

•

Paste

—available only when text has been either cut or copied

to the clipboard.

•

Insert number

,

Insert symbol

.

•

Writing language

—changes the input language for all editors in the

phone. See “Phone settings” on p. 32.