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Enter text
Pinyin, PTI, Stroke, T9 Eng, ABC,
Korean
, Number, and
Symbol modes
You can enter text for some features, such as
Messages, Phonebook, or Calendar, using Pinyin, PTI,
and Stroke modes for Chinese, and T9 Eng and ABC
modes for English. You can also enter Korean, Number
mode and Symbol mode.
Changing the text input mode
• Press the right soft key and select the text input
mode you want.
• Press and hold [ ] to quickly switch to Symbol
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 method, 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 [
6
] and [
4
] to
enter
ni
.
2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select alternative pinyins
for the keys you have pressed.
3. If you cannot find the character you want from the
display, press [Up] or [Down] to scroll through the
word choices.
4. Press [
1
] to activate the character selection field.
A number, from 1 to 5, is added to each character.
5. Press the number key corresponding to the
character you want.
Using the tones
You can enter another character by assigning a tone
for the selected pinyin. Entering a tone for a character
is optional, but it is especially useful if the pinyin
spelling is similar for several characters.
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