Entering Text - LG Vu User Manual

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General Functions

Entering Text

You can enter alphanumeric characters by using the phone's keypad. For exam-
ple, storing names in the Address Book, writing a message, or creating schedul-
ing events in the calendar all require entering text.
The following text input methods are available on the phone.
You can change the text input mode by tapping [Options]-[Text Entry Mode].
You can choose Qwerty Keypad, ABC mode, T9 ABC mode and 123(Numbers)
mode.
You can check the current text input mode in the upper right corner of the
screen.
T9 Mode
This mode allows you to enter words with only one keystroke per letter. Each
key on the keypad has more than one letter. The T9 mode automatically com-
pares your keystrokes with an internal linguistic dictionary to determine the
correct word, thus requiring far fewer keystrokes than the traditional ABC
mode.
The T9 predictive text input mode allows you to enter words easily with a mini-
mum number of key presses. As you
the characters that it thinks you are typing based on a built-in dictionary. As
new letters are added, the word changes to reflect the most likely candidate
from the dictionary.
Use the Touch keypad keys to enter your text.
1. When you are in the T9 predictive text input mode, start entering a word
by tapping keys
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The word changes as letters are typed - ignore what's on the screen until
the word is typed completely.
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If the word is still incorrect after typing completely,
or more to cycle through the other word options.
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If the desired word is missing from the word choices list, add it by chang-
ing [Options]-[Text Entry Settings]-[T9 Dictionary].
tap each key, the phone begins to display
to . Press one key per letter.
press the once