Sony Ericsson P908 - Manual (Page 31)

Getting to know your P908 31
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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:
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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