Nokia 1260 - . Standard mode

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Standard mode is the only way to enter names into contacts and to rename
caller groups.

Predictive text input is a quick and easy method for writing messages.

Press # to switch predictive text on or off and to use text entry in various modes.
Press and hold # to switch between text and numeric entry. As you press #, the
following icons (not the descriptions) appear in the upper left of the display:

• STANDARD MODE

Enter text (Abc)

Press a key once to insert the first letter on the key, twice for the second letter,
etc. If you pause briefly, the last letter in the display is accepted and the phone
awaits the next entry.

Select Clear to backspace the cursor and delete a character.

Select and hold Clear to backspace continuously and delete characters.

Press the 0 key to enter a space and accept a completed word.

Press the 1 key to enter a period (.).

Press the 1 key repeatedly to cycle through special characters. Pause to insert
the displayed character.

Press * to display all special characters. See “Punctuation and special
characters” on page 15.

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Indicates...

Uppercase text. Predictive text is Off.

Lowercase text. Predictive text is Off.

Sentence case text. Predictive text is Off.

Sentence case text. Predictive text is On.

Lowercase text. Predictive text is On.

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Switch to and from numeric entry (123)

To switch between 123 mode and Abc mode, press and hold #

at any message

entry screen until the icon in the upper left corner of the display switches from Abc
to 123 (or vice versa).

• PREDICTIVE TEXT INPUT

Predictive text input allows you to enter text quickly using your keypad and the
built-in phone dictionary.