Write Text; On-Screen Keyboard - Nokia 5800 XpressMusic User Manual

To set the log duration, select Options > Settings > Log duration. If you select No
log, no communication information is saved in the log.

5. Write text

You can enter letters, numbers, and special characters in several different ways. The on-
screen keyboards allow you to enter characters by tapping them with your fingers or
the stylus. Handwriting recognition allows you to write characters directly onto the
screen using the stylus as a pen.
Tap any text input field to enter letters, numbers, and special characters.
Your device can complete words based on the built-in dictionary for the selected text
input language. The device also learns new words from your input.

On-screen keyboard

To activate the on-screen keyboard in portrait mode, select and Mini QWERTY
keyboard.
To activate the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode, select and Full screen
QWERTY.
When using the on-screen keyboard in portrait mode, tap the keys of the keyboard with
the stylus. When using the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and in full-screen,
you can tap the keys with your fingers.
For an explanation of each key and its function, see the following figure.
1 — Close - Closes the on-screen keyboard view.
2 — Input menu - Opens the touch input options menu, which includes commands such
as Writing language.
3 — On-screen keyboard
4 — Shift and Caps Lock - Allows you to enter an uppercase character when you write
in lowercase using the on-screen keyboard. When you tap this key in handwriting
recognition mode, the last lowercase character switches to uppercase, and vice versa.
To turn Caps Lock on, tap the key twice. The key will have a line under it.
5 — Numbers and symbols - Switches between numbers, most commonly used special
characters, and alphabet characters in the on-screen keyboard.
6 — Character accents - Opens a pop-up window, in which you can select language
character accents.
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