Entering Text; Changing The Text Input Mode - Samsung SGH-E608 User Manual

Entering Text

The phone allows you to enter characters for
messages and names in Chinese and English. To
enter Chinese text, the phone provides several
widely used pronunciation based (Pinyin) and
character shape based (Stroke) input methods to
meet the preferences of different users, allowing
for greater convenience and ease of use.
You can also enter any combination of Chinese
characters, alphabets, numbers, special symbols
including punctuation marks and shortcuts.
The following text input modes are available on
your phone:
• Pinyin mode
• Chinese Simplified Stroke mode
• Quick English mode
• English mode
• Chinese Traditional Stroke mode
• Number mode
• Symbolic mode
• My Words mode
• Help mode
Directions for using each of the text input modes
appear later in this section.
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Note: The available text input modes may be
different, depending on your language
setting. Refer to the following table:
Language Auailable Modes
ENGLISH Quick English, English,
Number, Symbolic, My words
Chinese T Quick English, English, CHN T
Stroke, Number, Symbolic, My Words
Chinese S Pinying, CHN S Stroke, Quick
Englisk, Englisk, Number, Symbolic,
My Words

Changing the Text Input Mode

When you are in a field that allows characters to
be entered, you will notice the text input mode
indicator on the display.
Example: Entering a name for a Phone Book
entry
Enter Name
OK
OK
You can change between Chinese and English
input methods or between numbers and
symbols.
Entering Text
Text input
mode indicator
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