User's Manual

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Entering Text
44
Entering Text
Note: If you want to exit the menu without
changing to a new mode, press the right soft
key.
4. You will find the selected text input mode
indicator at the bottom of the display.
Using the Chinese Pinyin Mode
Pinyin is a system to mark Chinese
pronunciation in Latin alphabets. With the pinyin
input method, you can enter Chinese characters
by keying in the pinyin string from the phone
keypad and the phone automatically presents
the matching alternatives.
This mode allows you to enter Pinyin characters
with only one key press per letter.
Typing Characters in Pinyin Mode
1. Press keys corresponding to the phonetic
spelling, referring to the alphabets printed on
the keys. Notice that the choices in the
Character Selection Map change.
Example
: Typing in Pinyin mode
¥ Chinese Pinyin mode → PY Mode
¥ Chinese Simplified Stroke mode → S STR
¥ Quick English mode → ENG
¥ English mode → ABC
¥ Chinese Traditional Stroke mode → T STR
¥ Number mode → NUM
¥ Symbolic mode → SYM Mode
¥ Help mode → HELP Mode
2. If you cannot find the character on the
display, scroll through choices in the
Character Selection map by pressing the
key. To m ove back, press the key.
When the character you are typing appears in
the Character Selection Map, you may select
it, without completing the Pinyin spelling for
the character.
Enter Name
OK S STR
Enter Name
OK PY Mode
Character Selection Map
Key Stroke Area
Press the 5 key and the
4 k ey to enter li.