Nokia 8290 - ABC mode

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ABC mode

This is the default mode. The ABC icon
appears as visual confirmation.

1

Find the key that has the letter you
want to enter.

2

Press it as many times as needed for
the letter to appear on the screen.

For example, to enter the name John:

Press

J

Press

O

Press

H

Press

N

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Depending on the selected display language, the following characters
may be available.

Note:

Some networks may not support all language-dependent
characters.

Enter spaces and punctuation

• To enter a space, press

once.

• To enter punctuation, press

repeatedly until the character you

want appears.

Erase mistakes

If you make a mistake:

• Press Clear to erase that character.

• Press Clear as needed to erase more than one character, or press and

hold Clear to erase the entire field of characters.

Change letter case

• To switch between uppercase and lowercase letters, press

.

The ABC icon switches to abc, showing you are using lowercase letters.

Key

Characters

Key

Characters

1

. ,’ ? ! - 1

7

PQRS7

2

ABC2

8

TUV8

3

DEF3

9

WXYZ9

4

GHI4

0

space, 0

5

JKL5

*

(See page 27 for details.)

6

MNO6

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Changes letter case

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Entering letters and numbers