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Enter text
Pinyin, Stroke, Quick english, English, Number, and
Symbol modes
You can enter text for some features such as
Messages, Phonebook, or Organizer, using
Pinyin and stroke modes for Chinese and Quick
english and English modes for English. You can
also enter numbers and symbols.
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 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 (Li), press [
5
] and
[
4
].
2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select alternative
pinyins for the keys you have pressed.
Pinyin ( ) CHN S stroke ( )
CHN T stroke ( ) Quick english ( )
English ( ) Number ( )
Symbolic (None)
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