To enter text using multitap

1From standby select, for example, Menu > Messaging > Write new > Text message.

2Ifis displayed, press and hold down

to change to multitap text input.

3 Press – repeatedly until the desired letter appears.

4When a word is written, press to add a space.

Multitap input only applies when Latin

characters are selected as writing languages.

To add words to the built-in dictionary

1When you enter text using T9 Text Input, select Options > Spell word.

2Write 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.

18Getting started

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