Nokia 5165 - Entering letters and numbers

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Entering letters and numbers

Cursor

The cursor is a blinking vertical line that appears on the screen
when you are entering text or numbers. Characters you
enter appear to the right of the cursor. Pressing the

key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. Use the
scroll keys to move the cursor to the right

or left

.

ABC mode

When your phone is ready for you to enter text, such as a
name or message, it switches to ABC mode. The

icon

shows that it is in ABC mode.

When

is displayed, you can enter these characters by

pressing the indicated key repeatedly:

Changing letter case

Press the

key to switch between upper- and lower-

case letters. The

icon switches to

to indicate

that you are using lower case.

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

. , ‘ ? ! @ - 1

7

PQRS7

2

ABC2

8

TUV8

3

DEF3

9

WXYZ9

4

GHI4

space, 0

5

JKL5

See ‘Special characters
in names’ on page 12.

6

MNO6

Changes letter case,
switches between
letters and numbers

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12

There is an extra feature in your phone called Predictive text
input. For more information on this special text writing feature,
see page 57.

Entering numbers

To enter numbers while in ABC mode, you can:

• press and hold the corresponding key until the number

appears, or

• switch between ABC mode and number mode by

pressing and holding the

key.