Text Entry
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3. Text Entry
Your mobile phone supports a number of text editing
modes, including Handwriting input, Pinyin input,
Zhuyin input, English input, Numeric input and
Symbol input.
You can toggle between handwriting recognition mode
and on-screen keyboard input mode. Tap
to enter
the handwriting recognition mode. Tap
to enter
the on-screen keyboard input mode.
Handwriting recognition
In handwriting recognition mode, you can enter
Chinese characters, English letters, numbers, symbols
(including punctuations) by means of handwriting
recognition.
1.
Tap the
hard icon on the on-screen keypad.
2.
Tap
on the touch screen to enter the
handwriting recognition mode.
3.
Tap the corresponding icon on the touch screen
to toggle between Chinese character input mode
, English letter input mode
, symbol
input mode
and number input mode
.
4.
Write the text with your stylus pen. The system
will recognize your handwriting automatically and
show the recognized result in the input area, with
the proposed candidate characters displayed.
5.
If the recognized result is not the character you
desire, choose one from the candidate characters
and tap it to replace the one in the input area.
6.
After you have finished writing, press
to go
to preview screen. You can press
R
to delete the
character or symbol on the left of the cursor in
the text area. Long press
R
will clear all
contents on the left of the cursor in the text area.
7.
Press
L
Options
to access the following options:
•
Insert object
: insert picture, sound, contact number,
or template to your text.
•
Continue
: go to the next step and choose a recipient
for your message.
•
Add text
: go back to the editor to add more text
•
Save as
: save the text as draft or template
8.
Press
to exit.
The following examples describe the handwriting
recognition process for Chinese characters, English
letters, symbols and numbers.