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If necessary, press #in a text entry screen to switch to Tap mode. An indicator shows which mode is active (see page 42). If Tap or Tap Extended is not set as the Primary or Secondary entry mode, see page 42.

Tap Mode Text Entry Rules

Press a keypad key repeatedly to cycle through its characters. For example, you would press 2one time to enter “a”, two times to enter “b”, three times to enter “c”, or four times to enter “2”.

After 2 seconds, Tap mode accepts the character, and the cursor moves to the next position.

The first character of every sentence is capitalised. If necessary, press Sdown to change the character to lowercase before the cursor moves to the next position.

Press Sto move the flashing cursor to enter or edit message text.

If you do not want to save your text or text edits, press Oto exit without saving.

Entering Words in Tap Mode

 

Press

To

1

a keypad key one

enter a letter, number, or symbol

 

or more times

 

2

keypad keys

enter remaining characters

 

 

Tip: Press Sright to accept a word

 

 

completion, or *to insert a space.

3

OK (+)

store the text

 

 

 

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Motorola V3 manual Enter a letter, number, or symbol, Or more times Keypad keys Enter remaining characters, Store the text