Use onscreen keyboard
Open, close, resize keyboard
To open the keyboard, just touch an area where you can enter text or numbers.
To close the keyboard so you can see other parts of the screen, touch
.
To make the keyboard larger, turn your phone horizontally. If your screen doesn’t rotate, check your
Tip: If you
other keyboards, you'll see
next to the navigation buttons when you're typing.
To switch to a different keyboard, touch
.
Type special characters
Touch & hold a key to see related special characters. For example:
•
Touch & hold . to see other punctuation marks.
•
Touch & hold e to see é and 3.
Tip: To insert a period followed by a space, touch the spacebar twice quickly.
Capitalize letters
To type in ALL CAPS, touch twice, quickly, so you see . Touch it once more to turn ALL CAPS off.
To change capitalization of a word you've already typed:
1. Select the word.
2. Touch until you see the capitalization you want: first letter only, ALL CAPS, or lowercase.
Use glide typing
You have two options for entering text: type one letter at a time (multi-touch typing) or slide your finger
through all the letters in a word using one continuous motion (glide typing). Start typing either way and
switch whenever you like.
When you're using glide typing, you can:
•
Type a word. Drag your finger over the letters in the word.
•
Delete words. Drag left slowly from
to select a word or string of words, then lift your finger to
delete.
•
Enter apostrophes in common words. Drag through the letters and the apostrophe is automatically
inserted.
•
Add a space. There's no need to use the space bar. Just lift your finger and start the next word.
You can
glide typing.
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