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16 Getting to know your phone
Switching between Chinese input methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and
switch quickly to another input method by pressing
and holding .
Switching between Chinese and English input
In the Chinese editing mode, you can select and
switch quickly to another input language by pressing
and holding .
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
input area.
If the character you want is not displayed in the
candidate row, press to present another candidate
row. Continue pressing until the character you
want is displayed. Alternatively, you can enter the
next stroke or Pinyin letter and a new set of
characters will immediately be displayed in the
candidate row. To go back to the previous row,
press . To enter a character in the candidate row,
move the cursor to that character and press
YES
.
Alternatively, press and hold the key of which the
number corresponds to the character position. For
example, to enter the fourth character from the
candidate row, press and hold .
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 - . The
Wild Card key , is used when you are not sure
of which stroke to use. For more information, please
see “For example, to enter “ 信息 ”” on page 19 and
“Example of using the Wild card key” on page 18.