Enter Text; Pinyin, Stroke, English Word, Abc, Number, And Symbol Modes - Samsung SGH-P858 User Manual

Enter text

Pinyin, Stroke, English word, ABC, Number, and Symbol
modes
You can enter text for some features, such as
Messages, Phonebook, or Calendar, using Pinyin, and
Stroke modes for Chinese, and English word and ABC
modes for English. You can also enter numbers and
symbols.
Changing the text input mode
• Press the right soft key and select the text input
mode you want.
• Press and hold the right soft key to switch between
Pinyin mode and S Stroke mode, or between
English word mode and ABC mode.
• Press and hold [ ] to switch to Symbol mode.
Using Chinese Pinyin mode
Pinyin is a system to enter Chinese words by spelling
them phonetically (how they sound) using the Latin
alphabet. With the Pinyin input method, you can enter
Chinese characters by keying in the Pinyin string using
the phone's keypad.
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 1 to 5, is added to each character.
," press [6] and [4] to
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