Nokia 3590 - • Predictive text input

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Press Options, scroll to Predictive text, then press Select.

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Scroll to the language you want, then press Select.
T9 prediction on
appears.

Press

to enter p

p Use this character to create a pause that occurs when dialing a number.
Numbers entered to the right of this special character are automatically
sent as touch tones after a 2.5-second pause.

Press

to enter w

w This character creates a wait; digits to the right of the w are not sent
until you press

.

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Enter letters and numbers

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Turn off predictive text

To switch from predictive text input to ABC mode, repeat steps 1
through 3 above, then select Prediction off. OR

While writing the message, quickly press

twice to switch between

predictive text input and ABC mode.

Tip: Your key presses must be quick! Press

two times in about

1.5 seconds.

Write words using predictive text

Press the number key that corresponds to the letter you want to enter.

For example, to write “Nokia” with the English dictionary selected,
press the following keys:

(for N)

(for o)

(for k)

(for i)

(for a)

Since the displayed word changes after each key stroke, disregard the
word until you have keyed in all the characters.

If the displayed word is correct, press

to accept the word and

add a space.

If the displayed word is not correct, press

to see the other

possible matches.

If the word you are trying to write is not in the dictionary, a question
mark appears.

To check the number of available characters, refer to the counter in
the upper right corner of the screen.

The display shows the above words for each key pressed

.

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Add a new word to the dictionary

If the word you are trying to enter does not show up as a possible match,
you can add the word to the dictionary.

1

Press

repeatedly

until

Spell appears in place of Options.

2

Press Spell, then enter the word(s) using ABC mode.

3

Press Save to add the word to the dictionary.

Use predictive text shortcuts

Press Menu 01 1 (Messages > Write message) to write messages using
the following shortcuts.

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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.

Spell

Press to add a new word to the dictionary.

Press once to accept a word and add a space.

Press and hold to enter a number.

Press to change the character case.

indicates

uppercase.

indicates

lowercase.

indicates

sentence case.

Press twice to select predictive input or ABC mode.

and

indicate ABC mode.

and

indicate predictive text input.

Clear

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

Press once to add a punctuation mark. To change the
underlined symbol, press

repeatedly until the

desired symbol appears.

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Enter letters and numbers

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Insert symbols

1

Press and hold

until the symbol screen appears.

OR

Press Options, scroll to Insert symbol then press Select.

2

Scroll to the desired symbol and press Insert.

Insert numbers

1

To add a number to the message, press and hold

.

2

Key in the desired numbers, then press and hold

to return to

ABC mode.

Write compound words

1

Write the first part of the word and press

to accept it.

2

Write the last part of the compound word and press

to enter the

word in memory.

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