Philips XENIUM 9@9K CT9A9KBRN - Manual (Page 18)

Text and number entry 17
3. Text and number entry
Input method
Your mobile phone supports several input methods,
which include:
*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 Chinese stroke input mode;
represents Traditional Chinese BoPoMo
input mode; represents Traditional Chinese
stroke input mode; 『en』 represents T9 English
input mode; 『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.
Entering texts and numbers
You can input text in the editor using: T9 English
input, English alphabets, Pinyin, Zhuyin, Simplified
Chinese Stroke or Traditional Chinese Stroke. In
addition, there are two input methods for you to enter
numbers and punctuations. The icon displayed on the
screen shows the current input method. You can press
* to switch from one mode to another. Long press
to activate or deactivate T9. Short press # to enter
punctuations or long press it to select input language.
• T9 Pinyin: Enter chinese characters with T9
Pinyin;
• T9 Traditional Chinese Zhuyin: Enter
Traditional Chinese characters with T9
Zhuyin;
• 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;
• 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.