User's Guide Part 3

26 Getting to know the phone
Draft for Sony Ericsson Internal Use Only
Entering text using handwriting
recognition
Handwriting recognition translates
stylus gestures written directly on
the screen into letters, numbers or
other characters, and displays
these characters as text.
For more information, see To
switch between keypad prediction
and handwriting recognition on
page 24.
The handwriting input mode
screen consists of an upper and a
lower part divided by an arrow in
the middle on the right edge.
• 1 – arrow that splits the text mode
screen into an upper part and a
lower part.
• 2 – area to write the digits and
symbols.
• 3 – area to write upper case letters
and Chinese characters.
• 4 – area to write lower case letters
and Chinese characters.
To write Chinese characters
1 Select Chinese as the input
language.
2 Write Chinese characters below or
in line with the arrow. You can
select characters from the
candidate word list.
You cannot use keypad prediction
under handwriting mode.
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Most letters can be written through
different stroke patterns. The upper
case and lower case depend on the
location on the screen, and are
unrelated to the pattern.