Samsung SGH-X100A Benutzerhandbuch

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When you are in a field that allows characters to be
entered, you will see the text input mode indicator 
at the bottom of the display. 

Example: Entering a name in Phonebook

To change to another text input mode:

1. Press the right soft key indicating the current 

text input mode.

2. Scroll to the mode you want to use by pressing 

the Up or Down key.

You can use the Add word option to add new 
words into t9 dictionary. see page 43.

Note: If you want to exit the menu without 

changing the mode, press the 

 soft key or 

 key.

3. Press the Select soft key to confirm the 

highlight text input mode.

Note: If you want to exit the menu without changing 

to a new mode, press the right soft key.

4. The selected text input mode indicator appears 

at the bottom of the display.

Enter name

Ok

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PY

Text input mode 
indicator: Chinese 
Pinyin mode

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Pinyin is a system to mark Chinese pronunciation in 
Latin alphabets. With the pinyin input method, you 
can enter Chinese characters by entering the pinyin 
string from the phone keypad and the phone 
automatically presents the matching alternatives.

This mode allows you to enter Pinyin characters 
with only one key press per letter. 

1. Press keys corresponding to the phonetic 

spelling, referring to the Roman letters printed 
on the keys. Notice that the choices in the 
Character Selection Map change. 

Example: Typing “

” in Pinyin mode

2. If there are more than one pinyin spelling 

corresponding to your keypress, press the Left 
or Right key to select the spelling you want.

3.  If you cannot find the character you want from 

the display, press the Up or Down key to scroll 
through choices in the Character Selection map.

Enter name

Ok

PY

Text Area

Key Stroke Area: press 
the 5 and 4 keys to 
enter “li.”

Character Selection Map