Motorola V3 manual Using Tap Mode, This is the basic text entry mode on your phone

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Entering Novel Words in iTAP Mode

You may enter a word that the iTAP software does not recognise. If your word is not shown as a letter combination choice at the bottom of the display:

Action

1Press DELETE (-) one or more times to delete letters, until you see a letter combination at the bottom of the display that matches the start of the word you want to enter.

2Press Sleft or right to highlight the letter combination.

3Press SELECT (-) to select the letter combination.

4Continue to enter letters and select letter combinations to spell the word.

Your phone automatically stores the novel word and displays it as an option the next time you enter its letter combination. When the memory space for storing novel words is filled, your phone deletes the oldest words to add new words.

Entering Numbers and Punctuation in iTAP Mode

To enter numbers quickly, press and hold a number key to temporarily switch to numeric mode. Press the number keys to enter the numbers you want. Enter a space to revert to iTAP mode.

Press 1to enter punctuation or other characters as shown in the “Character Chart” on page 49.

Using Tap Mode

This is the basic text entry mode on your phone.

Tap mode cycles through the letters and number of the key you press. Tap Extended mode also cycles through additional symbols as shown in the “Character Chart” on page 49.

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