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Text Editing in Nokia E72


Following some useful shortcuts that will make your life easier when writing text in the Nolkia E72.
Change writing  language -  Shift + Sym

Select Text – Shift and Right or Left navigation keys.

Select all -  Ctrl+A.

Copy text – Ctrl+C or Shift and then left soft key.

Paste text – Ctrl+V or Shift and then right soft key.

Cut text -  Ctrl+X.

Writing options -More Symbols, Input options (Active prediction, settings, writing language,Help) , copy, cut, paste – Function + Space.

More Symbols – Sym key.

Display the upper right symbol.  Long press on keys that has symbol on the upper right or functoin key.

Lock the function key – Double click on the function key.

Shift once – Press on key display the upper symbol on the key.

Press Shift twice -  Lock in shift mode. Press Shift once again to release.

Familiar with additional shortcuts? write them in the comments box below.

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  • Kenneth

    Great and useful stuff – thanks for this blog, I’ve added it to my trusty RSS reader. I should be getting my E72 tomorrow, and will make sure to visit your site often. :)

  • NoName

    Use “call key” to instantly send or call people in various situations. Eg. in phone book, in text messages, in emails, in (!)image gallery(!) and so on. Try it out!

  • pong

    Can we copy/select text from webpages displayed iin E72 browser?

  • Stephen

    If using Spanish language,

    Sym+a= á
    Sym+e= é
    Sym+i= í
    Sym+n= ñ
    Sym+o= ó
    Sym+u= ú

    Haven’t found a quick way to write ¿ or ¡ without going through the Symbols menu, but they’re not all that crucial.

    Thanks for the info, keep the blog rolling!

  • Jagjeet Pradeep

    The One-Touch Buttons

    Calendar Button – Short Press opens Calendar. Long Press opens New Calendar Entry Screen

    Message Button – Short Press opens Messages. Long Press opens New Message Entry Screen

    Phonebook Button – Short Press opens Contacts. Long Press opens New Contact Entry Screen

    All the above listed buttons can be reconfigured (short & long press) to suit your needs from:

    Menu -> Control Panel -> Settings -> General -> Personalisation -> One-Touch

  • brak

    Holding ctrl-shift and moving the arrow lets you highlight entire words or lines at a time. It takes a bit of contorting your fingers to pull it off. The one down side of the E72 is the missing right shift key. Otherwise I love mine.

  • Kiran NS

    Hold Ctrl and move the arrow (right OR left) will jump the cursor by one word.

  • Dee

    how to write”_” ? underscore

  • http://www.facebook.com/franco.ramillano franco

    @Dee, itz in symbols

  • Axel

    You should fix “shit” and edit it into “shift” :D Don’t know why you excluded the “f” in “shift” lol

    • admin

      Tx. :)

  • michalel

    thank you !! :-)

  • Mark

    Hi, I’m from Israel, and here we have (or had?) a serious problem with switching languages input (there are even 2 apps on the net that does that), and after long searches i suddenly found that post of yours, where you wrote that Shift+Sym does that. :D
    just wanted to thank you and say that youre doing a good job with the posts!

  • eduard

    hi, when i send sms from the web i write it as a normal sms,then i copy it ctr c, and want to paste it on the web page ,but i cant do it….

  • Vipin

    Activate prediction on-the-fly: ctrl+space

    Usual long way: options-> input options -> Activate prediction.

  • sudev

    while i am typing in text messages the letters coming underlined..wht is the reason?

  • Andri

    How do I enter the following letters on a Nokia E72
    äàåéâàçêëèï etc

  • Ali

    Hold sym and press letter key
    î äm ğòöð

  • Shabbir

    i want to copy text from website but cant figure out how to do it…. Ideas?…

  • amir

    hi, i am from iran, i have an e72 but my phon does not consist persian writing language, please help me to add it to my phon