Text input – Meizu MX User Manual

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Getting started

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Text input

Using the keyboard

When you use the phone to add contact information, write text messages, or take
notes memos; the on-screen keyboard lets you input Chinese, English, symbols and
numbers.

· Keyboards

When is displayed in the lower left corner of the keyboard:
Tap and hold to open the "Select input method" popup menu, where you
can choose between "Simplified Chinese - Pinyin", "Stroke", "Handwriting",
"Other input methods" and more.
Tap to switch to the English keyboard, displayed as .

· English keyboard

When is displayed in the lower left corner of the keyboard, English
language input is selected.
To type uppercase letters, touch so that the icon becomes
illuminated. Tap again to switch to lowercase.

· Numbers and symbols

To enter numbers and symbols, tap the "123." icon so that it changes to
"ABC".
Tap to "

# ∧

" select other symbols.

· Input method

Tap and hold to open the "Select input method" popup menu, where you
can choose between all the different keyboards.

· Simplified Chinese – Pinyin input

MX provides intelligent simplified pinyin input. By entering the first pinyin
characters of two Chinese characters, for instance, "df", the auto suggestion
will display " 地方 对方 豆腐 东方 ", depending on how frequently the character

1 When you touch a text input area, the keyboard will automatic pop-up, marked by

the blinking cursor.

2 Proceed to tap the keys on the keyboard.

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