Sony Ericsson W595C Cell Phone User Manual


 
19Getting started
To add words to the built-in dictionary
1 When you enter text using T9 Text
Input, select Options > Spell word.
2 Write the word using multitap input and
select Insert.
Chinese input
This mobile phone has different input
methods for entering Chinese characters:
Stroke input
Pinyin input
You can use these methods, for example,
to enter Chinese names and Chinese
short messages.
Switching between Chinese input
methods
In the Chinese editing mode, you
can select and switch quickly to
another input method 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 screen.
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 select a character in the candidate
row, press the navigation key or press
and hold the key corresponding to the
number above the character you want
to enter.
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.
Multitap input only applies when Latin
characters are selected as writing
language.
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