Motorola E398 series Owner's Manual page 41

When you enter text with Tap or Tap Extended method, the soft
key functions change.
displays at
insertion point.
DELETE (-) to
character to left
of insertion
When you enter 3 or more characters in a row, your phone
may guess the rest of the word. For example, if you enter
prog you might see:
40
Character
T
Press
delete
DELETE
point.
This is a prog
DELETE
449
Msg
OK
Press OK (+) to accept
and store text.
Press S right
432
Msg
to accept
ram
program, or
press * to
reject it and
enter a space
after prog.
OK
After
2 seconds,
character is
accepted and
cursor moves
to next
position.