Samsung SGH-A308 - Manual (Page 25)

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Scroll Keys
and move the cursor left or right through your text
message. and scroll through choices in the
Character Selection Map and scrolls through text modes
available when you access the Mode change menu.
Keystroke Area
Displays the keystrokes you have entered to compose the
current character selections.
Mode Indicator
Displays the current text input mode.
Clear Key
Deletes keystrokes from the Keystroke Area and/or
characters from the Text Area.
Right Soft Key
Performs the function indicated by the text above this key.
(According to this example, this key is the Mode soft key.)
Space Key
Inserts a space in the Text Area.
Text Area
Displays the selected
characters.
Character Selection Map
Displays possible characters
based on keystrokes you
have entered.
Left Soft Key
Performs the function
indicated by the text above
this key. (According to this
example, this key is the OK
soft key.)
Pinyin Keys ( ~ )
Press keys corresponding to
the phonetic spelling,
referring to the Roman
characters printed on the
keys. The Pinyin spelling
generates Chinese
characters in the Character
Selection Map.
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Chinese Pinyin Mode
Pinyin is a system to mark Chinese pronunciation in
Latin alphabets. With the pinyin input method, you can
enter Chinese characters by keying in 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. When the phone is in the Pinyin
mode, keys behave as follow.
O K P Y M o d e
Activates the Character
Selection Map by numbering
the characters or deactivates.
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