Motorola V950 manual Entering Text Using Multi-Tap Mode, To enter characters by tapping the keypad

■To accept a word completion (such as “Billion” when you entered “Bill”), press the navigation key right.

—or—

■To accept current selection and add new characters to the word, simply continue typing the new characters.

Tip	To turn word completion on or off, press S>
	Settings/Tools > Settings > Text Entry> Word
	Completion > On or Off.

You can set your phone to automatically add a space after you accept a word completion by pressing S

>Settings/Tools > Settings > Text Entry > Auto Space > On.

Adding a Word to the Predict English Text Database

If a word you want to enter is not displayed as an option when you are using Predict English Text Input, you can add it to the database.

To add a word to the Predict English Text Input database:

1.Select the Multi-Tapcharacter input mode. (See “Selecting a Text Input Mode” on page 26.)

■Enter the word using multi-tap text entry. (See “Entering Text Using Multi-Tap Mode” on

page 28.) The word appears as an option the next time you scroll through options during Predict English Text Input.

Entering Text Using Multi-Tap Mode

To enter characters by tapping the keypad:

1.Select the Multi-Tapmode. (See “Selecting a Text Input Mode” on page 26.)

2.Press the corresponding keys repeatedly until the

desired letter appears. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,” press 2 twice, 4 three times, 5 three times, and 5 three times again). If you make a mistake, press B to erase a single character. Press and hold B to erase an entire word.

By default, the first letter of an entry is capitalized and the following letters are lower-cased. After a

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