Philips CT9A9R manual Text and number entry, Input method, Entering texts and numbers

3. Text and number entry

Input method

Your mobile phone supports several input methods, which include:

•T9 Pinyin: Enter chinese characters with T9 Pinyin;

•T9 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin: Enter Traditional Chinese characters with T9 Zhuyin;

•T9 Stroke: Enter Chinese characters with T9 wubi and stroke components;

•T9 Traditional Chinese stroke: Enter Traditional Chinese characters with Wubi or stroke components;

•T9 English (T9eng/T9Eng): Enter English text using T9 English;

•Multi-Tap (abc/Abc/ABC): Press the keys that are marked with the corresponding letter you wish to enter. Press once to get the first letter on the key, press twice quickly to get the second letter and so on until the letter you want is displayed on the screen.

•123: Enter numbers

This phone supports T9 Simplified Chinese association input method as well.

*During text editing, you can press * to switch input mode; the status bar on the screen will display

your current input mode. 『 』 represents Simplified Chinese Pinyin input mode; 『 』 represents Simplified Chinese stroke input mode;

『 』 represents Traditional Chinese BoPoMo input mode; 『 』 represents Traditional Chinese stroke input mode;『en』represents T9 English input mode; 『abc』 represents English alphabets input mode; 『123』 represents numeric input mode. In addition, you can press # to input punctuations.

The text editor remembers the last input method you have used before you exit the editing screen. When you access the editor again, it will automatically select the last input method you have used.

Entering texts and numbers

You can input text in the editor using: T9 English input, English alphabets, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Simplified Chinese Stroke or Traditional Chinese Stroke. In addition, there are two input methods for you to enter numbers and punctuations. The icon displayed on the screen shows the current input method. You can press

*to switch from one mode to another. Long press is required under Zhuyin mode. Long press to activate

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