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Settings

For settings that are application-specific, tap Edit > Preferences in the application menu bar. For generic settings, go to Control

panel.

Entering text

Entering text with the Flip closed

With the flip closed, you use the keypad keys to enter text, for example, when writing a text message.

Text entry types

There are four text entry types when you enter latin characters:

•Abc – latin characters; initial uppercase letter, the rest lowercase.

•abc – latin characters; lowercase entry.

•ABC – latin characters; uppercase entry.

•123 – numeric entry only.

There are three text entry types when you enter characters in Chinese:

•Pinyin – Chinese characters; Pinyin input.

•Stroke – Chinese characters; Stroke input.

•123 – numeric entry only.

When you are editing text you can:

•Press and select Text options > Language to select text input language.

• Press and hold

to switch input language (Chinese or

English).

 

•Press and select Text options > Input type to select text input type.

• Press

to switch between the input types in text edit

mode.

 

To input latin characters

1.If required, select the desired latin text entry method.

2.Press a key to see a pre-edit box with the different characters

on that key in the title area: xyz9

If the same key is pressed again, the next character in the pre- edit box will be selected.

3.Press the key to delete the character to the left of the cursor. If continuously pressed, the key deletes several characters and then whole words.

4. Press and hold

to start T9 text input, or to close it.

To input latin characters using T9 text input

You can use T9 text input when writing, for example text messages and e-mail. The T9 text input method uses a built-in dictionary to recognise the most commonly used word for each

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