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Writing text on my mobile phone
Want to learn how to write text, such as notes or messages? There are various ways of writing text. Follow these easy instructions.


You can select a number of settings when keying in text.
The following steps show you how to change writing language, turn on word suggestion and write text.
Tap Settings.
Tap General.
Tap Keyboard.
Tap the indicator next to Auto-Correction to turn on word suggestion.
Tap Keyboards.
Tap Add New Keyboard....
Tap the required language.
Tap the required language.
Tap QWERTY below Software Keyboard Layout.
When a keypad type is ticked (V), it's selected.
Tap Keyboards.
Tap Keyboard.
Tap General.
Tap Settings.
Tap the Home key to save the settings and return to standby mode.
The following steps require that you're writing text and that the keypad is visible.
Tap the writing language icon until the required language has been selected.
Tap the letters to key in the required word.
Words based on the letters you've keyed in are displayed.
To insert the suggested word:
Tap space.
To continue without inserting the suggested word:
Tap the word suggestion.
Tap 123.
Tap the required numbers or the required symbols.
Tap #+= to see more symbols.
Tap ABC to return to text input.