Operation Manual

Basic Operations 41
Character Input
Character Input Modes
Your phone has six character input modes. Use these modes when saving new entries
to the Contacts list or creating text messages.
Switching Character Input Modes
To switch the character input mode in a character input screen, press (Options),
select Input Method, press (Select), select a character input mode and press
(Select). The selected character input mode is indicated at the top of the character input
screen.
◆ T9 PinYin: Allows you to enter Simplified Chinese in T9 PinYin mode (page 43).
This mode is available when the Input Language (page 46) is set to
(Simplified Chinese).
◆ T9 Stroke: Allows you to enter Traditional Chinese in T9 Stroke mode (page 42).
This mode is available when the Input Language (page 46) is set to
(Traditional Chinese) or (Simplified Chinese).
◆ T9 abc/ T9 Abc / T9 ABC (T9 mode): Allows you to enter English characters in
T9 mode (page 44). This mode is available when the Input Language (page 46) is
set to English.
◆ abc/Abc/ABC (Multi Tap mode): Allows you to directly enter letters of the
alphabet. Each press of a digit key switches the letter to the next letter assigned
to that key. Select abc for all lowercase characters, Abc for initial caps and ABC
for all uppercase characters.
◆ Symbols: Symbol input mode.
◆ Numeric: Numeric input mode.
Tip
 To switch between initial caps,
uppercase, lowercase, and
numeric input mode (and T9 Stroke
or T9 PinYin mode when Chinese
character is selected), press .
 To display the symbols list to enter
a symbol, press .
 To enter a space, press .
 To enter a number, press and hold
a digit key.
 To delete a character you entered,
press (Clear). Furthermore, to
delete all the characters to the left
of the cursor, press and hold
(Clear).
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