Samsung SGH-S208 User Manual

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55Entering Text54Entering Text1. Press keys on the phone just once per desiredletter. For example, to enter “HELLO,” press, , , and .The word that you are typing appears on thedisplay. It may change with each key that youpress.2. Type to the end of the word before editing ordeleting any keystrokes.3. If the word is correct, put a space by pressingthe key and start entering the next word.Otherwise, press the 0, or keyrepeatedly to display alternative word choicesfor the keys that you pressed.Example: Both “OF” and “ME” have thesequence of 6 and 3. The phone displays themost commonly used choice first.To type words not found in Quick English mode,change the text input mode to English.Smart PunctuationTo enter full stops, hyphens or apostrophes,press the 1 key. The Quick English mode appliesgrammar rules to ensure that the correctpunctuation is used.Example: The 1 key is used twice to display twopunctuation marks:L E T ’ S E A T .Changing the CaseTo change the case of the letters, use thekey. The Capital Lock mode is indicated byand the Small Caps mode is indicated by .ScrollingYou can move the cursor through the text byusing the and keys.Clearing Letters and WordsTo delete letters, press the C key. Press and holddown the C key to clear the display.Using the English ModeWhen typing in English mode, you should presskey labelled with the required character:-Once for the first character-Twice for the second characterand so on.For example, you need to press the 2 key threetimes to display the character “C” and the 5 keytwo times to display the character “K.” For thisreason, this method is called Multi-tap typing.The cursor moves to the right when you press adifferent key. When entering the same lettertwice or a different letter on the same key, justwait for a few seconds for the cursor to move tothe right automatically, and then select the nextletter.You can put a space between each word bypressing the key.