Nokia 5530 XpressMusic : Copy contacts - SIM services - Write text - On-screen keyboard - Writing language - Handwriting - Alphanumeric keypad - Icons

Copy contacts

When you open the contacts list for the first time, the device asks if you want to

copy names and numbers from the SIM card to your device.

To start copying, select OK.

If you do not want to copy the contacts from the SIM card to your device, select

Cancel. The device asks if you want to view the SIM card contacts in the contacts

directory. To view the contacts, select OK. The contacts list opens, and the names

stored on your SIM card are indicated with .

SIM services

For availability and information on using SIM card services, contact your SIM card

vendor. This may be the service provider or other vendor.

SIM contacts

To set the names and numbers stored on the SIM card to be shown on the contacts

list, select Options > Settings > Contacts to display > SIM memory. You can

add and edit SIM contacts, or call them.

The numbers you save in the contacts list may not be automatically saved to your

SIM card. To save numbers to the SIM card, select a contact and Options > Copy >

SIM memory.

To select whether the new contacts you enter are saved to your device or your SIM

card, select Options > Settings > Default saving memory > Phone memory

or SIM memory.

Fixed dialling

Select Menu > Contacts and Options > SIM numbers > Fixed dial contacts.

With the fixed dialling service, you can restrict calls from your device to certain

phone numbers. Not all SIM cards support the fixed dialling service. For more

information, contact your service provider.

When fixed dialling is activated, calls may be possible to the official emergency

number programmed into your device.

You need your PIN2 code to activate and deactivate fixed dialling or edit your fixed

dialling contacts. Contact your service provider for your PIN2 code.

Select Options and from the following:

Activate fixed dialling — Activate the fixed dialing.

Deactivate fixed dialling — Deactivate the fixed dialing.

New SIM contact — Enter the contact name and phone number to which calls

are allowed.

Add from Contacts — Copy a contact from the list of contacts to the fixed dialling

list.

To send text messages to the SIM contacts while the fixed dialling service is active,

you need to add the text message centre number to the fixed dialling list.

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. Handwriting recognition may not be

available for all languages.

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

You can use the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode.

To activate the on-screen keyboard, select and Full screen QWERTY.

When using the on-screen keyboard in landscape mode and in full screen mode,

you can select the keys with your fingers.

For an explanation of each key and its function, see the following figure.

1 — Close - Close the on-screen keyboard.

2 — Input menu - Open the touch input options menu to access commands such as

Writing language.

3 — On-screen keyboard

4 — Shift and caps lock - To enter an uppercase character when writing in lowercase,

or vice versa, select the key before entering the character. To activate the caps lock,

select the key twice. A line under the key indicates that the caps lock is activated.

5 — Letters - Enter letters.

6 — Numbers and symbols - Enter numbers and most commonly used special

characters.

7 — Character accents - Select language character accents.

8 — Space bar - Insert a space.

9 — Enter - Move the cursor to the next row or text input field. Additional functions

are based on the current context (for example, in the web address field of the web

browser, it acts as the Go button).

10 — Move - Move the touch input window. Drag the key to move the touch input

window around the screen.

11 — Backspace - Delete the previously entered character.

12 — Input mode - Select the input method. When you tap an item, the current

input method view closes, and the selected one opens.

Handwriting

To activate handwriting mode, tap and Handwriting.

Write legible, upright characters on the text input area, and leave a space between

each character.

To teach the device your handwriting style, tap and Handwriting training.

To enter letters and numbers (default mode), write words as you would normally.

To select number mode, tap in the right pane of the input area. To enter non-

Latin characters, tap the corresponding icon, if available.

To write special characters, write them as you would

normally. You can also tap in the right pane of the input

area, and select a desired character from the pop-up table.

To delete characters or move the cursor back, swipe

backwards (see Figure 1). To insert a space, swipe

forwards (see Figure 2).

Alphanumeric keypad

Icons and functions

Use the on-screen keypad (Alphanumeric keypad) to enter characters like you

would with a traditional phone keypad with numbers on the keys. For an

explanation of each icon and its function, see the following figure.

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