LG 160 - Manual (Page 53)

40 Section 2A: Your Phone: The Basics
2. Press the corresponding keys once per letter to enter
a word. (For example, to enter the word “Bill,”press
.) (If you make a mistake, press to
erase a single character. Press and hold to delete
an entire entry.)
If the word you want is not displayed after you have entered
all the letters, press to scroll through additional word
selections. To accept a word and insert a space, press .
Adding a Word to the T9 Database
If a word you want to enter is not displayed as an option
when you are using T9 Text Input, you can add it to the
database.
To add a word to the T9 Text Input database:
1. Select the Abc character input mode. (See “Selecting a
Character Input Mode”on page 38.)
2. Enter the word using multi-tap text entry. (See
“Entering Characters by Tapping the Keypad”.) The
word will appear as an option the next time you scroll
through options during T9 Text Input.
For more information about T9 Text Input, visit the Tegic Web
site at
www.T9.com .