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Switching between Chinese Input Methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and
switch quickly to another input method by
pressing
.
Note: You can also select and switch to another input
method by pressing the Option key slightly.
General Instructions
Regardless of which input method you choose, your
phone has a function to speed up the entry of Chinese
characters. Whenever you enter a stroke or a Pinyin
letter, a candidate row of the most frequently used
characters containing that stroke, or relating to that
letter, appears at the bottom of the display.
If the character you want is not displayed in the
candidate row, slide the Volume key downwards
slightly until a new candidate row is displayed.
Continue sliding the Volume key downwards until
the character you want is displayed. Alternatively,
you can enter the next stroke or Pinyin letter, a new
set of candidate characters will immediately be
displayed in the candidate row. To go back to the
previous row, slide the Volume key upwards slightly.
Input Methods in Detail
Stroke Input
A Chinese character is built up of strokes. There are
more than 30 basic strokes, which are grouped into 5
stroke categories. Each category is represented on the
keypad by one of the keys
and
. The Wild Card key,
you are not sure of which stroke to use. For more
information, please see the "Example of Stroke
Input" on page 24 and "Example of Using the Wild
Card Key" on page 23.
,
,
,
is used when
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