Why won't my Word Prediction Work in my Pathfinder?

If your Word Prediction doesn't work or you are getting an error message that says your Word Prediction Dictionary is corrupted, check the following:

A. Make sure Word Prediction is turned ON. 

      1. Select your STATUS key twice.     

 

This is a picture of the Status key on the Pathfinder.

      

     2. Select the WORD PREDICTION menu and make sure option #1 Word Prediction is ON.

This is a picture of the Word Prediction Menu key in the System Menus.

This is a picture of the Word Prediction menu.

B. If  Word Prediction is ON and is still not predicting and/or your Pathfinder seems to be running slow:

     1. Go back into the WORD PREDICTION MENU and turn Word Prediction OFF.  Use your Pathfinder for a few minutes. If your Pathfinder is running normally (not slow), then your Word Prediction Dictionary is corrupted and the default Word Prediction Dictionary will have to be re-loaded.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  When you load the default dictionary, anything you have added to your current dictionary will be lost. 

C. To load the default Word Prediction Dictionary:
     1.  Select your STATUS key twice and select the WORD PREDICTION menu. 
     

     2.  Type  P R C  on the keyboard.  Even though you are in the menu, you can type these three letters on the keyboard.

This is a picture of typing PRC while you are in the Word Prediction menu.


     3.  You will see the message "Are you sure you want to load the default Word Prediction Dictionary?  Yes or No"   Answer "Yes" or #8.

This is a picture of the message that will appear before loading a new dictionary.
    
   

     4. When the Dictionary is loaded you will see, "Default Dictionary loaded"

This is a picture of the message confirming the new dictionary was loaded.
   

     5. Select OK (#8).

     6.  Select OK (#8) to exit the  menu.

IMPORTANT NOTE:  Word Prediction will now work, but any customization that was previously added will be lost.