User's Manual

Text and number entry 15
3. Text and number entry
Input method
Your mobile phone supports several input methods,
which include:
* During text editing, you can press * to switch input
mode; the status bar on the screen will display your
current input mode. !"# represents Simplified
Chinese Pinyin input mode;!"#represents Simplified
Chinese stroke input mode; !$%# represents
Traditional Chinese BoPoMo input mode; !&#
represents Traditional Chinese stroke input mode;
!en# represents T9 English input mode; !abc#
represents English alphabets input mode; !123#
represents numeric input mode. In addition, you can
press
# to input punctuations.
The text editor remembers the last input method you
have used before you exit the editing screen. When you
access the editor again, it will automatically select the
last input method you have used.
Entering texts and numbers
You can input text in the editor using: T9 English
input, English alphabets, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Simplified
Chinese Stroke or Traditional Chinese Stroke. In
addition, there are two input methods for you to enter
numbers and punctuations. The icon displayed on the
screen shows the current input method. You can press
* to switch from one mode to another. Long press is
required under Zhuyin mode. Long press
# to enter
punctuations or press
0 to switch case.
In numeric input mode, long press 0 to enter ".".
• T9 Pinyin: Enter chinese characters with T9
Pinyin;
• T9 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin: Enter
Traditional Chinese characters with T9
Zhuyin;
• T9 Stroke: Enter Chinese characters with T9
wubi and stroke components;
• T9 Traditional Chinese stroke: Enter
Traditional Chinese characters with Wubi or
stroke components;
• T9 English (T9eng/T9Eng): Enter English
text using T9 English;
• Multi-Tap (abc/ABC): Press the keys that are
marked with the corresponding letter you
wish to enter. Press once to get the first letter
on the key, press twice quickly to get the
second letter and so on until the letter you
want is displayed on the screen.
• 123: Enter numbers
This phone supports T9 Simplified Chinese
association input method as well.
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