H a n d w r i t i n g i n p u t m e t h o d18■ Recognition timeoutRecognition timeout is themaximum interval time allowedbetween two strokes input whenwriting a character or letter. Everytime you finish a stroke and lift thestylus from the touch pad, the phonebegins to count time. If you do notwrite the next stroke within thetimeout, it’s considered that youhave finished writing the characteror letter, and the phone begins torecognise the strokes, and displays alist of candidates.The default recognition timeoutsetting is Normal. If you want towrite faster or slower, you canchange the timeout in Settings,Phone settings, Recognition time-out. Refer to ”Recognition time-out”on page 52.■ Use gesturesYou can write several gestures forcertain functions.The gestures include: Space, Enter,Clear, and Repeat. See the tablebelow. You can use (Repeat) onlyin mode, but other gestures inall handwriting input modes.Name Gesture FunctionsSpace • When the cursor is blinking in the editing window,writing the gesture inserts a space to the left ofthe cursor.• When the candidate list is shown, writing thegesture inputs the highlighted candidate andinserts a space after it.• When the list of predicted Chinese candidates isshown, writing this gesture clears the list andinserts a space to the left of the cursor in theediting window.Enter • When the cursor is blinking in the editing window,writing the gesture inserts a line feed.• When the candidate list is shown, writing thegesture inputs the highlighted candidate andinserts a line feed.• When the list of predicted Chinese candidates isshown, writing this gesture clears the list andinserts a line feed.
