Samsung SGH-X100A - Manual (Page 24)

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display alternative word choices for the keys
that you have pressed.
Example: Both “of” and “me” have the sequence
of 6 and 3. The phone displays the
most commonly used choice first.
4. Insert a space between words by pressing the
key.
If Spell appears above the left soft key while you
are entering text, the word does not exist in the T9
dictionary. To type words not found in Quick English
mode, change the text input mode to English mode,
or proceed as follows:
1. Press the Spell soft key, or press the right soft
key and select the Add word option.
2. Enter the word you want to add using English
mode (see page 45) and press the Ok soft key.
The word is saved in the T9 dictionary and
inserted in the input field.
3. Continue entering other words in Quick English
mode.
Smart Punctuation
To enter periods, hyphens or apostrophes, press the
1 key. T9 mode applies rules of grammar to insert
the correct punctuation.
Example: The 1 key is used twice to display two
punctuation marks.
l e t ‘ s e a t .
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Changing the Case
To shift the case of the next letter(s) that you type,
press the
key. There are three cases; Lower
Case, Initial Capital and Capital Lock.
Scrolling
• To move the cursor to the left or right within the
text, press the Left or Right key.
• To scroll through alternative word choices for the
keys you have entered, press the 0 key.
Clearing Letters and Words
Press the C key one or more times to clear letters to
the left. Press and hold the key to clear the display.
Using English Mode
When typing in English mode, press the key labelled
with the required letter:
- Once for the first letter
- Twice for the second letter
- And so on
Example: To display the letter “C”, quickly press the
2 key three times. To display the letter
“K”, press the 5 key twice. This method is
called Multi-tap typing.
Note: 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 a few seconds for the cursor to move to
the right automatically, and then enter the next
letter.