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Entering characters in Pinyin mode
1. Press the keys corresponding to the phonetic
spelling, referring to the letters printed on the
keys.
Example: To enter "
enter "ni."
2. Press [Left] or [Right] to select alternative pinyins
for the keys you have pressed.
3. If you cannot find the character you want from the
display, press [Up] or [Down] to scroll through the
word choices.
4. Press [1] to activate the character selection field. A
number, from 7 to
, is added to each character.
5. Press the number key corresponding to the
character you want.
Rapid character entry
To enter the word "zhong guo (
character using the following keystrokes; [9], [4],
[6], [6], [1], and [7]. You do not have to complete
the Pinyin spelling to include "guo (
displays automatically.
," press [6] and [4] to
)", enter the first
)." The character
Tips for using Pinyin mode
•
Press [
] to insert a space between characters.
•
Press [Left] or [Right] to move the cursor.
•
Press [C] to clear letters one by one. Press and
hold [C] to clear the entire display.
Using Phrasal Text Input mode
Phrasal Text Input (PTI) is an advanced Pinyin mode
which predicts not only words, but phrases for your
key presses. Using PTI mode, you can also add new
words or phrases to the PTI dictionary.
Entering characters in PTI mode
Entering characters in PTI mode is basically the same
as in Pinyin mode except that you can enter phrases.
Refer to "Using Chinese Pinyin mode."
Adding words or phrases to the PTI dictionary
Once you have assigned words or phrases to the PTI
dictionary, the words or phrases will be the first
choices for the corresponding key presses.
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