Nokia 6250 - Predictive text input

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4. Scroll to the desired language and press

Select

.

T9 dictionary activated

is displayed and the

predictive text input is now on, indicated by

.

You can change from the predictive text input to the traditional text input by pressing

Options

and

scrolling to

Dictionary

. Select

Dictionary off

and press

Select

..

T9 dictionary deactivated

is

displayed.

Tip: Press and hold

Options

to quickly activate or de-activate the predictive text input.

Alternatively, press

twice.

Writing words with predictive text input
1. Start writing a word by using the keys

to

. Press each key only once for one letter when

writing complete words.

For example, to write hello with the English dictionary selected:

The word changes after each keystroke - ignore how the word appears on the display before you
have keyed in all its characters.

• To delete a character, press

Clear

.

• To change the character case, press

.

• To change between letter and number mode, press and hold

.

• To insert a word, press

Options

. Scroll to

Insert word

and press

Select

. Write the word and press

Save

.

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• To insert a single number in character mode, press and hold the respective number key.

• To insert several numbers, press

Options

. Scroll to

Insert number

and press

Select

. Key in the

desired numbers and press

OK

.

• To insert a symbol, press and hold

. Select the desired symbol and press

Use

Alternatively, press

Options

, scroll to

Insert symbol

, and press

Select

. Scroll to the desired

symbol and press

Use

.

2. When you have finished writing the word and it is correct, confirm it by pressing

or adding a

space with

.

3. If the word is correct, start writing the next word.

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

• Press

repeatedly until the desired word appears and confirm it.

• Press

Options

, scroll to

Next match

and press

Select

. Next match is shown in the editor.

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

Spell

.

Adding the desired word to the match list
1. If no matches are found in the predictive text input mode, you can insert a new word into the

dictionary. Press

Spell

and key in the desired word using traditional text input.

2. Press

Save

.

Note: When the dictionary is full, the new word replaces the least used word in it.

Writing compound words
1. Key in the first part of the word and accept it by pressing

.