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Enter text
Pinyin, Stroke, Quick English, English, Number, and
Symbol modes
You can enter text for some features such as
messaging, Phonebook, or Calendar, using Pinyin and
Stroke modes for Chinese, and Quick English and
English modes for English. You can also use Number
mode and Symbol mode.
Changing the text input mode
The text input mode indicator appears when the cursor
is in a text field.
Example
: Writing a text message
• Press the right soft key to access the following
input modes:
: Pinyin mode
: Chinese S Stroke mode
: Chinese T Stroke mode
: Number mode
None: Symbol mode
: Quick English mode
: English mode
• Press [ ] to change case.
• Press and hold [ ] to switch to Symbol mode.
• Press [ ] to insert a space between characters.
• Press and hold [ ] to move the cursor down one
line.
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.
Text input mode
indicator
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