Using The English Mode - Samsung SGH-S208 User Manual

Entering Text
1. Press keys on the phone just once per desired
letter. For example, to enter "HELLO," press
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The word that you are typing appears on the
display. It may change with each key that you
press.
2. Type to the end of the word before editing or
deleting any keystrokes.
3. If the word is correct, put a space by pressing
the key and start entering the next word.
Otherwise, press the 0,
repeatedly to display alternative word choices
for the keys that you pressed.
Example: Both "OF" and "ME" have the
sequence of 6 and 3. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
To type words not found in Quick English mode,
change the text input mode to English.
Smart Punctuation
To enter full stops, hyphens or apostrophes,
press the 1 key. The Quick English mode applies
grammar rules to ensure that the correct
punctuation is used.
Example: The 1 key is used twice to display two
punctuation marks:
L E T ' S
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or key
E A T .
Changing the Case
To change the case of the letters, use the
key. The Capital Lock mode is indicated by
and the Small Caps mode is indicated by
Scrolling
You can move the cursor through the text by
using the and keys.
Clearing Letters and Words
To delete letters, press the C key. Press and hold
down the C key to clear the display.

Using the English Mode

When typing in English mode, you should press
key labelled with the required character:
-Once for the first character
-Twice for the second character
and so on.
For example, you need to press the 2 key three
times to display the character "C" and the 5 key
two times to display the character "K." For this
reason, this method is called Multi-tap typing.
The cursor moves to the right when you press a
different key. When entering the same letter
twice or a different letter on the same key, just
wait for a few seconds for the cursor to move to
the right automatically, and then select the next
letter.
You can put a space between each word by
pressing the key.
Entering Text
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