Quote Originally Posted by PDLM:
True, but there are also "writing pad & stylus" input devices which I have seen Chinese colleagues using in order to get Chinese characters into documents.
yes, this method exist, i have even used one, though its not exactly the fastest method.

however, if you can read chinese (however, may not understand the principal of strokes and character formation, hence most methods using keypads or keybroad will be hard and slow to use) , phonetic cantonese input is one method which i find the best

Online Cantonese Input Method 網上廣東話輸入法

every person prefer a different method suited to them