Samsung SGH-E700A Manual De Usuario

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The phone allows you to enter characters for 
messages and names in Chinese and English. To 
enter Chinese text, the phone provides several 
widely used pronunciation based (Pinyin) and 
character shape based (Stroke) input methods to 
meet the preferences of different users, allowing for 
greater convenience and ease of use.

You can also enter any combination of Chinese 
characters, alphabets, numbers, and special 
symbols including punctuation marks.

The following the text input modes are available on 
your phone:

• Pinyin mode

• Chinese Simplified Stroke mode

• Quick English mode (T9 mode)

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• English mode

• Chinese Traditional Stroke mode

• Number mode

• Symbolic mode

• Add word mode

Directions for using each of the text input modes 
appears later in this section.

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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 the T9 dictionary. See page 47.

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 

highlighted text input mode.

4. The selected text input mode indicator on the 

bottom of the display.

Enter name

Ok

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PY

Text input mode 
indicator: Chinese 
Pinyin mode