By pressing a key one or more times for each character (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.
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 one or
more times until the character appears.
The available characters depend on the language selected for display texts (see Language on page
77).
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 delete the character to the left, press
. To clear the screen, press and hold this key.
• 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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