Philips X600 manual Text and number entry, Input method, T9 input

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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 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;

•T9 input: Enter text using T9 input;

•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.

Depending on the language you select for your phone, the supported input methods may vary.

*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/Traditional Chinese stroke input mode; 『Abc』 , 『abc』 , 『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.

T9® input

T9® predictive text input is an intelligent editing mode for messages, which includes a comprehensive dictionary. It allows you to quickly enter text. You need to press only once on the key corresponding to

each letter needed to spell a word: keystrokes

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