Nokia 6560 - . Predictive text

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Text entry

For example: To write “Nokia” with the English dictionary selected:

The maximum number of characters available is 160. The character counter
appears in the top right corner of the screen and counts down for each
character you add.

Keys for predictive text

Turn on text input

1

Select Menu > Messages > Create message.

2

Select Options > Predictive text.

3

Scroll to the dictionary you want (for example, English).

Press

Displayed text

6

o

6

on

5

onl

4

onli

2

Nokia

Key

Purpose

2-9

Use for text entry. Press each key only once for each letter.

*

Press to view the next matching word if the underlined word
is not the word you intended. Press and hold this key for a list
of symbols.

Spell

If the dictionary sees a word it does not recognize, you see
Spell above the Left selection key. Select Spell, enter the
word, and press Save.

0

Press once to accept a word and add a space.

#

Press and hold to enter a number. You see the

icon on

the screen. Press and hold

#

again to write text letters. Press

once quickly to switch the character case.

indicates all

uppercase,

indicates lowercase, and

Clear

Press once to delete the character to the left of the cursor.

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Press Select.

T9 prediction on appears. (T9 is the technical name for predictive text input.)
This means you can use the predictive text method to enter text. When writing
a text message, the predictive text icon

appears. Predictive text can be

turned on and off when you press the

#

key. You may need to press the

#

key

more than once.

Note: When you turn on predictive text, it is also active when adding notes
to the calendar and to-do list.

Turn off text input

1

Select Menu > Messages > Create message.

2

Select Options > Predictive text.

3

Scroll to Prediction off and press Select.

Tips for text

CHECK A WORD
When you have 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 0 to confirm the change and enter a space.

•

Start writing the next word.

If the word is not correct:

•

Press

*

repeatedly until the word you want appears, and then press 0 to

confirm it.

OR

•

Select Options > Matches. Scroll to the correct word and press Use.

•

Start writing the next word.

When you enter a period to end a sentence, the phone switches to

so

that the first letter in the next word will be uppercase (a capital letter).

ADD A WORD TO THE DICTIONARY
If Options changes to Spell, the word you intended to write is not in the dictionary.
You can add the word to the dictionary.

1

Select Spell and enter the word using standard text entry.

2

Select Save to save the word.

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Text entry

INSERT NUMBERS
1

To add a number to the message, press and hold

#

until

appears on the

screen.

2

Enter the numbers you want, and then press and hold

#

to return to the

method.

You can also press and hold any number key while writing a message.

INSERT SYMBOLS
1

To put a symbol in the message, select Options > Insert symbol, or press

*

and scroll to the symbol you want.

2

Select the symbol you want and press Insert.

WRITE COMPOUND WORDS
1

Write the first word and scroll right to accept it.

2

Write the second word.