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Entering text
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Using the keypad
You can enter text by pressing the alphanumeric keys on
the phone, labelled with the Chinese strokes and alphabet.
Changing the text input mode
1. In the text entry screen, press and hold
.
2. Select the mode you want. You can select Pinyin and CHN S
Stroke modes for Chinese, and T9word and ABC mode for
English. You can also use Number mode and Symbolic
mode.
Using Chinese Pinyin mode
Pinyin is a system to enter Chinese words by spelling them
phonetically (how they sound) using the Latin alphabet.
With the Pinyin input mode, you can enter Chinese
characters by keying in the pinyin string using the phone’s
keypad.
Entering characters in Pinyin mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to the phonetic spelling,
referring to the letters printed on the keys.
Example: To enter , press
and
to enter ni.
2. Press the Left or Right navigation key to select alternative
pinyins for the keys you have pressed.
3. If you cannot find the character you want from the display,
press the Up or Down navigation key to scroll through word
choices.