Nokia 5170i - 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. Press

to

delete the character to the left of the cursor. Use

and

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:

Note: After you enter a character, press down on the scroll
key to move the cursor over quickly.

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

. , ‘ ? ! - 1

7

PQRS7

2

ABC2

8

TUV8

3

DEF3

9

WXYZ9

4

GHI4

0

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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Changing letter case

Press the

key (the Case key, shown on the phone diagram

on this guide’s inside front cover) to switch between upper-
and lower-case letters. The

icon switches to

to

indicate that you are using lower case.

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

.